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Ages of A‐Type Vega‐like Stars fromuvbyβ Photometry
Author(s) -
Inseok Song,
J. P. Caillault,
D. Barrado,
J. R. Stauffer
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the astrophysical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.376
H-Index - 489
eISSN - 1538-4357
pISSN - 0004-637X
DOI - 10.1086/318269
Subject(s) - stars , physics , astrophysics , photometry (optics) , vega , luminosity , astronomy , galaxy
We have estimated the ages of a sample of A-type Vega-like stars by using Str\"{o}mgren \emph{uvby$\beta} photometric data and theoretical evolutionary tracks. We find that 13 percent of these A stars have been reported as Vega-like stars in the literature and that the ages of this subset run the gamut from very young (50~Myr) to old (1~Gyr), with no obvious age difference compared to those of field A stars. We clearly show that the fractional IR luminosity decreases with the ages of Vega-like stars

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