Using semi-empirical isochrones, we find the age of the Taurus star-forming region to be 3-4 Myr. Comparing the disc fraction in Taurus to young massive clusters suggests discs survive longer in this low density environment. We also present a method of photometrically de-reddening young stars using iZJH data.
@article{arxiv.1510.01128,
title = {The age of Taurus - environmental effects on disc lifetimes},
author = {Jon M. Rees and T. Wilson and C. P. M. Bell and R. D. Jeffries and Tim Naylor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.01128},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
2 pages, 1 figure, To appear in "Young Stars and Planets Near the Sun", Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 314 (Cambridge University Press), J.H. Kastner, B. Stelzer, S.A. Metchev, eds