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A Relative Age Test of Pre-Main Sequence Evolutionary Models Based on the Young Quadruple System GG Tauri
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 May 2016
Abstract
The components of the young hierarchical quadruple GG Tau, which span a wide range in spectral type (K7 – M7.5), are used to test both evolutionary models and the temperature scale for very young, low mass stars under the assumption of coeval formation. Of the evolutionary models tested which extend into the substellar regime, those of Baraffe et al. yield the most consistent ages when combined with a temperature scale intermediate between that of dwarfs and giants. The Palla & Stahler and Siess et al. models are also capable of yielding a coeval age down to their lowest mass (0.1 M⊙). These latter two models, which extend to much higher masses than the Baraffe et al. models, agree reasonably well with the Baraffe et al. models at 1.0 M⊙ and thus could be combined to construct a set evolutionary models that extends from Substellar to several solar masses.
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- XI. Young Binaries and Stellar Astrophysics
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 200: The Formation of Binary Stars , 2001 , pp. 464 - 467
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- Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2001