Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989apj...343l..65k&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 343, Aug. 15, 1989, p. L65-L68.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Main Sequence Stars, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Models, Stellar Rotation, Angular Momentum, Calibrating, Open Clusters, Stellar Mass, Stellar Winds
Scientific paper
By the age of about 100 million years, the rotational velocity of solar mass stars becomes independent of the initial rotation rate on the main sequence, due to the strong dependence of the angular momentum loss rate on the rotation rate; once this common value is reached, the rotation velocity depends only on time and the mass of the star. Thus, the measured rotation rate of a low-mass star provides an estimate of its age when its mass is known. The observed rotation periods of low-mass stars in the Hyades are used to test this conclusion and to check the validity of the theoretical angular momentum loss rates. Adapting the magnetic braking model of Kawaler (1988), the angular momentum loss rate is integrated to derive a relation between rotation period and age, and this relation is converted to a period-age-color relation using simple stellar models. Using this method, a mean rotational age for the Hyades is obtained which is in close agreement with the age determined by isochrone fitting.
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