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We present a catalog of ~100,000 periodic variable stars in TESS FFI data among members of widely distributed moving groups identified with Gaia in the previous papers in the series. By combining the periods from our catalog attributable to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-21 Marina Kounkel , Keivan G. Stassun , Luke G. Bouma , Kevin Covey , Lynne A. Hillenbrand , Jason Lee Curtis

The ages of stars have historically relied on isochrone fitting of standardised grids of models. While these stellar models have provided key constraints on observational samples of massive stars, they inherit many systematic uncertainties,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-16 Erin R. Higgins , Jorick S. Vink

Establishing ages for young clusters is key for properly tracking the star formation history of a region. In this paper we investigate a new approach to estimating ages for young populations, based on the well-founded assumption that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-23 Tatiana Pavlidou , Aleks Scholz , Koraljka Muzic

Absolute ages of young stars are important for many issues in pre-main sequence stellar and circumstellar evolution but are long recognized as difficult to derive and calibrate. In this paper, we use literature spectral types and photometry…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Gregory J. Herczeg , Lynne A. Hillenbrand

This article aims to measure the age of planet-hosting stars (SWP) through stellar tracks and isochrones computed with the \textsl{PA}dova \& T\textsl{R}ieste \textsl{S}tellar \textsl{E}volutionary \textsl{C}ode (PARSEC). We developed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-18 Andrea Bonfanti , Sergio Ortolani , Giampaolo Piotto , Valerio Nascimbeni

Estimating age distributions, or star formation histories, of stellar populations in the Milky Way is important in order to study the evolution of trends in elemental abundances and kinematics. We build on previous work to develop an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 Christian L. Sahlholdt , Lennart Lindegren

Transiting planets around stars are discovered mostly through photometric surveys. Unlike radial velocity surveys, photometric surveys do not tend to target slow rotators, inactive or metal-rich stars. Nevertheless, we suspect that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-16 Andrea Bonfanti , Sergio Ortolani , Valerio Nascimbeni

Canonical grids of stellar evolutionary sequences have been computed for the helium mass-fraction abundances $Y = 0.25$, $0.29$, and $0.33$, and for iron abundances that vary from $-2.4$ to $+0.4$ (in 0.2 dex increments) when [$\alpha$/Fe]…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Don A. VandenBerg , Peter A. Bergbusch , Jason W. Ferguson , Bengt Edvardsson

Globular Clusters (GCs) in the Milky Way represent the ideal laboratory to establish the age of the oldest stellar populations and to measure the color-magnitude relation of stars. Infrared (IR) photometry of these objects provides a new…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-19 Matteo Correnti , Mario Gennaro , Jason S. Kalirai , Roger E. Cohen , Thomas M. Brown

Observational tests of stellar and Galactic chemical evolution call for the joint knowledge of a star's physical parameters, detailed element abundances, and precise age. For cool main-sequence (MS) stars the abundances of many elements can…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-09 M. Fouesneau , H. -W. Rix , T. von Hippel , D. W. Hogg , H. Tian

Dating stars is a major challenge with a deep impact on many astrophysical fields. One of the most promising techniques for this is using chemical abundances. Recent space- and ground-based facilities have improved the quantity of stars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-20 A. Moya , L. M. Sarro , E. Delgado-Mena , W. J. Chaplin , V. Adibekyan , S. Blanco-Cuaresma

High precision photometry as performed by the CoRoT and Kepler satellites on-board instruments has allowed to detect stellar oscillations over the whole HR diagram. Oscillation frequencies are closely related to stellar interior properties…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Yveline Lebreton

Stellar age determination for large samples of stars opens new avenues for a broad range of astronomical sciences. While precise stellar ages for evolved stars have been derived from large ground- and space-based stellar surveys, reliable…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-06 Jia-Hui Wang , Maosheng Xiang , Meng Zhang , Jiwei Xie , Jian Ge , Jinghua Zhang , Lanya Mou , Jifeng Liu

Globular Clusters (GCs) in the Milky Way are the primary laboratories for establishing the ages of the oldest stellar populations and for measuring the color-magnitude relation of stars. In infrared (IR) color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs), the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-25 Matteo Correnti , Mario Gennaro , Jason S. Kalirai , Thomas M. Brown , Annalisa Calamida

The pixel-to-pixel spectral fitting technique is often used in studies of stellar populations. It enables the user to infer several parameters from integrated light spectra such as ages and chemical abundances. In this paper, we examine the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-10-14 Geraldo Gonçalves , Paula Coelho , Ricardo Schiavon , Christopher Usher

Estimating stellar ages is important for advancing our understanding of stellar and exoplanet evolution and investigating the history of the Milky Way. However, ages for low-mass stars are hard to infer as they evolve slowly on the main…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-23 Yuxi , Lu , Ruth Angus , Jason L. Curtis , Trevor J. David , Rocio Kiman

The main sequence turnoff luminosity is the best stellar `clock' which can be used to determine the absolute ages of globular clusters. This is due to the fact that it is generally assumed that the luminosity and lifetimes of main sequence…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 Brian Chaboyer

We exploit the most robust, old, and cosmology-independent age estimates of individual stars from Gaia DR3 to place a lower bound on the age of the Universe, $t_U$. These constraints can serve as an anchor point for any cosmological model,…

One of the most difficult properties to derive for stars is their age. For cool main-sequence stars, gyrochronology relations can be used to infer stellar ages from measured rotation pe- riods and HR Diagram positions. These relations have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-23 T. Ceillier , J. van Saders , R. A. Garcia , T. S. Metcalfe , O. Creevey , S. Mathis , S. Mathur , M. H. Pinsonneault , D. Salabert , J. Tayar