Are pre-MS stars older than we thought?
Abstract
We present a consistent age ordering for young clusters and groups determined using the contraction of stars through their pre-main-sequence phase. We compare these with ages derived from the evolution of the upper main-sequence stars, and find the upper MS ages are older by a factor 1.5 to 2. We show that increasing the binary fraction and number of equal-mass binaries amongst the O-stars compared to the rest of the MS cannot remove this discrepancy.
- Publication:
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Highlights of Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- November 2010
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921310011476
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0909.5320
- Bibcode:
- 2010HiA....15..763N
- Keywords:
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- methods: statistical;
- stars: formation;
- open clusters and associations: general;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 1 page. Special Session 7, IAU XXVII General Assembly