Eta Carinae across the 2003.5 minimum: Spectroscopic Evidence for Massive Binary Interactions

K. E. Nielsen, M. F. Corcoran, T. R. Gull +4

We have analyzed high spatial, moderate spectral resolution observations of Eta Carinae obtained with the STIS from 1998.0 to 2004.3. The spectra show prominent P-Cygni lines in H…