Title of article :
Are pre-MS stars older than we thought?
Author/Authors :
Tim Naylor، نويسنده , , N.J. Mayne، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
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.
Keywords :
methods: statistical , stars: formation , open clusters and associations: general
Journal title :
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Journal title :
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union