Eta Carinae in the Context of the Most Massive Stars

http://www.astro.iag.usp.br/~damineli/JD13/

Joint discussion at the IAU GA: Rio de Janeiro 13-14 August 2009

and the specialized follow up meeting at the Observatorio Nacional: 15-16 - August 2009

Eta Carinae and the Fate of the MOST Massive Stars

May 23 - 28, 2004
Jackson Lake Lodge - Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
http://etacar.umn.edu/symposium/

Eta Car: READING THE LEGEND

http://www.astro.washington.edu/balick/eta_conf/

Eta Carinae in the AAS191 meeting

A special oral session at  the meeting 191 of the American Astronomical Society (Washington, DC, USA 7 January 1998) devoted to recent results on eta Car  was organized. In order to read the abstracts, click here [Corcoran's Homepage ] or  look at the AAS191 program

Session 34 - New Results on the Nature of Eta Carinae. Oral session, Wednesday, January 07 Lincoln

[34.01] The 1998.0 Spectroscopic Event in Eta Carinae
A. Damineli (JILA-U. Colorado and IAG/USP, Brazil)
O. Stahl, A. Kaufer (Landessternwarte Königstuhl, D-69917 Heidelberg, Germany)
D. F. Lopes (Obs.Nacional, Brazil)

[34.02] X-ray Spectral Variability of Eta Carinae
M. F. Corcoran (USRA/LHEA-GSFC)
R. Petre, J. H. Swank (LHEA-GSFC)
K. Ishibashi, K. Davidson (U. Minn.)
S. Drake (USRA/LHEA-GSFC)
K. Koyama, Y. Tsuboi (Kyoto University)
A. Damineli (JILA)
R. Viotti (IAS)

[34.03] The Variable X-ray Lightcurve of Eta Carinae and the Binary Model
K. Ishibashi (U. Minnesota), M. F. Corcoran (USRA, GSFC/NASA)
J. H. Swank, R. Petre (GSFC/NASA)
K. Davidson (U. Minnesota)
S. Drake (USRA, LHEA/GSFC)

[34.04] The Radio Outburst of Eta Carinae
S. M. White (U. Maryland)
R. A. Duncan (ATNF)
J. Lim (IAA, Taiwan)
S. A. Drake (GSFC)

[34.05] A Colliding Wind Model for the X-ray Emission from Eta Carinae
I. R. Stevens, J. M. Pittard (Univ. Birmingham, UK)
M. F. Corcoran (NASA/GSFC)

[34.06] Strange velocities in the equatorial ejecta of Eta Carinae
K. Davidson (U. Minnesota)
T. Zethson, S. Johansson (U. Lund)
K. Ishibashi (U. Minnesota)
D. Ebbets (Ball Aerospace)

[34.07] Where is the Disk? The Shaping of Eta Carinae
A. Frank (U. Rochester)
V. Dwarkadas, B. Balick (U. Washington)