Numerical simulations of the 1840s great eruption of $\eta$ Carinae: I. Revisiting the explosion scenario

R. F. González, Luis A. Zapata, A. C. Raga +3

In this work, we present new two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations of the major eruption of $\eta$ Car in the 1840s, which resulted in the formation of a bipolar nebula that is c…