Inverting color-magnitude diagrams to access precise star cluster parameters: A new white dwarf age for the hyades

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 696, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-23

  De Gennaro, Steven ^a   Ted Von, Hippel ^a,b   Jefeerys, William H ^a,c   Nathan, Stein ^a   David Van, Dyk ^d   Elizabeth, Jeffery ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Vermont ^*  (United States)

^d 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Open clusters and associations: General; Stars: Evolution; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955549268     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/696/1/12     Document Type: Article

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