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We develop a statistical test on the expected difference in age estimates of two coeval stars in detached double-lined eclipsing binary systems that are only caused by observational uncertainties. We focus on stars in the mass range [0.8;…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 G. Valle , M. Dell'Omodarme , P. G. Prada Moroni , S. Degl'Innocenti

We present age estimates for over 8100 sub-giant branch (SGB) stars in Omega Centauri ($\omega$ Cen) to study its star formation history. Our large data set, which combines multi-wavelength HST photometry with MUSE metallicities, provides…

Age is one of the most fundamental parameters of stars, yet it is one of the hardest to determine as it requires modelling various aspects of stellar formation and evolution. When we compare the ages derived from isochronal and dynamical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-23 Núria Miret Roig , João Alves , David Barrado , Andreas Burkert , Sebastian Ratzenböck , Ralf Konietzka

We present a program designed to obtain age-rotation measurements of solar-type dwarfs to be used in the calibration of gyrochronology relations at ages of several Gyr. This is a region of parameter space crucial for the large-scale study…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Julio Chanamé , Iván Ramírez

Observations of binaries have traditionally provided the means for ascertaining stellar masses. Here, we use the published data on 8 pre-main-sequence pairs to gauge the accuracy of our own, recently calculated, evolutionary tracks (Palla &…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Francesco Palla , Steven W. Stahler

The rotation rate, level of magnetic activity and surface lithium abundance are age-dependent quantities in stars of about a solar mass and below. The physical reasons for the evolution of these phenomena are qualitatively understood, but…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 R. D. Jeffries

In the era of Gaia, the accurate determination of stellar ages is transforming Galactic archaeology. We demonstrate the feasibility of inferring stellar ages from Gaia's RVS spectra and the BP/RP (XP) spectrophotometric data, specifically…

Previous studies have found that the elemental abundances of a star correlate directly with its age and metallicity. Using this knowledge, we derive ages for a sample of 250,000 stars taken from GALAH DR3 using only their overall…

The knowledge of stellar ages directly impacts the characterization of a planetary system as it puts strong constraints on the moment when the system was born. Unfortunately, the determination of precise stellar ages is a very difficult…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-21 Savita Mathur

We present updated stellar population models appropriate for old ages (>1 Gyr) and covering a wide range in metallicities (-1.5<[Fe/H]<0.3). These models predict the full spectral variation associated with individual element abundance…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-28 Charlie Conroy , Alexa Villaume , Pieter van Dokkum , Karin Lind

We explore the relationships between the chemistry, ages, and locations of stars in the Galaxy using asteroseismic data from the K2 mission and spectroscopic data from the Apache Point Galactic Evolution Experiment survey. Previous studies…

The Sirius AB binary system has masses that are well determined from many decades of astrometric measurements. Because of the well-measured radius and luminosity of Sirius A, we employed the TYCHO stellar evolution code to determine the age…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 James Liebert , Patrick A. Young , David Arnett , J. B. Holberg , Kurtis A. Williams

We address the question how accurately stellar ages can be determined by stellar evolution theory. We select the star with the best observational material available - our Sun. We determine the solar age by fitting solar evolution models to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Achim Weiss , Helmut Schlattl

Binary stars provide a valuable test of stellar structure and evolution, because the masses of the individual stellar components can be derived with high accuracy and in a model-independent way. In this work, we study Spica, an eccentric…

Ages have been derived for 55 globular clusters (GCs) from overlays of isochrones onto the turnoff photometry, assuming distances based on fits of zero-age horizontal branch (ZAHB) models to the lower bound of the observed distributions of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-10-14 Don A. Vandenberg , Karsten Brogaard , Ryan Leaman , Luca Casagrande

Constraining stellar models using asteroseismic and spectroscopic observations is a powerful method for precisely determining the fundamental properties of stars in different kinematic components of our galaxy. We use spectroscopy and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-05 Christopher J. Lindsay , J. M. Joel Ong , Sarbani Basu , Samuel Grunblatt , Marc Hon

We present a binary-based reassessment of the age of the intermediate-age open cluster NGC 7789, together with well-constrained stellar parameters for twelve components in six SB2 systems, including two eclipsing binaries. Our analysis…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-26 Kadri Yakut , Belinda Kalomeni , Saul Rappaport

We use the first release of the SDSS/MaStar stellar library comprising ~9000, high S/N spectra, to calculate integrated spectra of stellar population models. The models extend over the wavelength range 0.36-1.03 micron and share the same…

We have constructed a new set of isochrones, called the Y^2 Isochrones, that represent an update of the Revised Yale Isochrones (RYI), using improved opacities and equations of state. Helium diffusion and convective core overshoot have also…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-18 S. Yi , P. Demarque , Y. -C. Kim , Y. -W. Lee , C. Ree , Th. Lejeune , S. Barnes

Determining precise stellar ages and masses for evolved giants is crucial for Galactic archaeology but challenged by spectral degeneracies. Gaia's low-resolution XP spectra offer a unique opportunity to infer these parameters on a massive…