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We present dynamical masses for 23 pre-main sequence K- and M-type stars in the Upper Scorpius star-forming region. These masses were derived from the Keplerian rotation of CO disk gas using the MCMC radiative-transfer package pdspy and a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-09-30 A. P. M. Towner , J. A. Eisner , P. D. Sheehan , L. A. Hillenbrand , Y. -L. Wu

We analysed archival molecular line data of pre-main sequence (PMS) stars in the Lupus and Taurus star-forming regions obtained with ALMA surveys with an integration time of a few minutes per source. We stacked the data of $^{13}$CO and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-17 Teresa A. M. Braun , Hsi-Wei Yen , Patrick M. Koch , Carlo F. Manara , Anna Miotello , Leonardo Testi

[abridged] We have assembled a database of stars having both masses determined from measured orbital dynamics and sufficient spectral and photometric information for their placement on a theoretical HR diagram. Our sample consists of 115…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 Lynne A. Hillenbrand , Russel J. White

The position of pre-main-sequence or protostars in the Hertzsprung--Russell diagram is often used to determine their mass and age by comparison with pre-main-sequence evolution tracks. On the assumption that the stellar models are accurate,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Christopher A. Tout , Mario Livio , Ian A. Bonnell

We present revised stellar ages for 23 pre-main sequence K- and M-type stars in the Upper Scorpius star-forming region, derived by using stellar dynamical masses to constrain isochronal ages from five pre-main sequence stellar evolutionary…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-02 Allison P. M. Towner , Joshua A. Eisner , Patrick D. Sheehan , Lynne D. Hillenbrand , Ya-Lin Wu

Characterizing the physical properties of exoplanets, and understanding their formation and orbital evolution requires precise and accurate knowledge of their host stars. Accurately measuring stellar masses is particularly important because…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-21 Luan Ghezzi , John Asher Johnson

We present spatially and spectrally resolved Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of gas and dust in the disk orbiting the pre-main sequence binary AK Sco. By forward-modeling the disk velocity field traced by CO…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-11 Ian Czekala , Sean M. Andrews , Eric L. N. Jensen , Keivan G. Stassun , Guillermo. Torres , David J. Wilner

Pre-main sequence evolutionary theory is not well-calibrated to observations. With care, the observed quantities can be converted into effective temperature and luminosity (i.e. the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram) which the theoretical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Lynne A. Hillenbrand , Amber Bauermeister , Russel J. White

In this era of Gaia and ALMA, dynamical stellar mass measurements provide benchmarks that are independent of observations of stellar characteristics and their uncertainties. These benchmarks can then be used to validate and improve stellar…

The accuracy of masses of pre-main sequence (PMS) stars derived from their locations on the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram (HRD) can be tested by comparison with accurate and precise masses determined independently. We present 29 single stars…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-16 M. Simon , S. Guilloteau , Tracy L. Beck , E. Chappilon , E. Di Folco A. Dutrey , Gregory A. Feiden , N. Grosso , L. Prato , Gail. H. Schaefer

We study the dependence of protoplanetary disk evolution on stellar mass using a large sample of young stellar objects in nearby young star-forming regions. We update the protoplanetary disk fractions presented in our recent work (paper I…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-08 Álvaro Ribas , Hervé Bouy , Bruno Merín

We revisit the problem of low-mass pre-main-sequence (PMS) stellar evolution and its observational consequences for where stars fall on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram (HRD). In contrast to most previous work, our models follow stars as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Takashi Hosokawa , Stella S. R. Offner , Mark R. Krumholz

We present the Pre-Main-Sequence (PMS) evolutionary tracks of stars with 0.0065~5.0Ms. The models were evolved from the PMS stellar birthline to the onset of hydrogen burning in the core. The convective turnover timescales which enables an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-20 Youn Kil Jung , Yong-Cheol Kim

Stellar masses are fundamental but often difficult to measure. Thanks to the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and $Gaia$, dynamical masses of pre-main sequence stars can be precisely measured using the Keplerian rotation of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-24 Pranav H. Premnath , Ya-Lin Wu , Brendan P. Bowler , Patrick D. Sheehan

We show that for young stars which are still accreting and for which measurements of stellar age, disc mass and accretion rate are available, nominal disc age (Disc Age = Disc Mass / Accretion Rate) is approximately equal to the stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Michael Jones , Jim Pringle , Richard Alexander

We assess the systematic uncertainties in stellar evolutionary calculations for low- to intermediate-mass, main-sequence stars. We compare published stellar tracks from several different evolution codes with our own tracks computed using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-02-17 R. J. Stancliffe , L. Fossati , J. -C. Passy , F. R. N. Schneider

The pre-main-sequence evolution of low-mass stars and brown dwarfs is studied numerically starting from the formation of a protostellar/proto-brown dwarf seed and taking into account the mass accretion onto the central object during the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 Eduard Vorobyov , Vardan Elbakyan , Takashi Hosokawa , Yuya Sakurai , Manuel Guedel , Harold Yorke

Context. The "mass discrepancy" in massive O stars represents a long-standing problem in stellar astrophysics with far-reaching implications for the chemical and dynamical feedback in galaxies. Aims. Our goal is to investigate this mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Carsten Weidner , Jorick Vink

Past estimates for the age of the Upper Sco Association are typically 11-13 Myr for intermediate-mass stars and 4-5 Myr for low-mass stars. In this study, we simulate populations of young stars to investigate whether this apparent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 Qiliang Fang , Gregory J. Herczeg , Aaron Rizzuto

We study the four-dimensional relationships between magnetic activity, rotation, mass and age for solar-type stars in the age range 5-25Myr. This is the late-pre-main sequence (l-PMS) evolutionary phase when rapid changes in star's interior…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 Konstantin V. Getman , Eric D. Feigelson , Gordon P. Garmire
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