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EAS Publications Series
Volume 80-81, 2016
Stellar Clusters: Benchmarks of Stellar Physics and Galactic Evolution - EES2015
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| Page(s) | 115 - 175 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1680005 | |
| Published online | 18 November 2016 | |
E. Moraux, Y. Lebreton and C. Charbonnel (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 80–81 (2016) 115-175
Clusters: Age Scales for Stellar Physics
Depto. Astrofísica, Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC), ESAC campus, Camino Bajo del Castillo s/n, 28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain
Ages are key to truly understand a large plethora of astrophysical phenomena. On the other hand, stellar clusters are open windows to understand stellar evolution, specifically, the change with time and mass of different stellar properties. As such, they are our laboratories where different theories can be tested, but without accurate ages, our knowledge would impaired. We revisit here a large number of age-dating techniques and discuss their advantages and draw-backs. In addition, a step-by step process is suggested in order to built a coherent age scale ladder, minimizing the error budget and the sources of uncertainty.
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