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The age of the Galaxy's thick disk

Feltzing, Sofia LU orcid and Bensby, Thomas LU orcid (2009) Ages of stars 258. p.23-30
Abstract
We discuss the age of the stellar disks in the solar neighborhood. After reviewing the various methods for age dating, we discuss current estimates of the ages of both the thin- and the thick disks. We present preliminary results for kineymatically-selected stars that belong to the thin- as well as the thick disk. All of these dwarf and sub-giant stars have been studied spectroscopically and we have derived both elemental abundances as well as ages for them. A general conclusion is that in the solar neighborhood, on average, the thick disk is older than the thin disk. However, we caution that the exclusion of stars with effective temperatures around 6500 K might result in a biased view of the full age distribution for the stars in the... (More)
We discuss the age of the stellar disks in the solar neighborhood. After reviewing the various methods for age dating, we discuss current estimates of the ages of both the thin- and the thick disks. We present preliminary results for kineymatically-selected stars that belong to the thin- as well as the thick disk. All of these dwarf and sub-giant stars have been studied spectroscopically and we have derived both elemental abundances as well as ages for them. A general conclusion is that in the solar neighborhood, on average, the thick disk is older than the thin disk. However, we caution that the exclusion of stars with effective temperatures around 6500 K might result in a biased view of the full age distribution for the stars in the thick disk. (Less)
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stars: late-type, Galaxy: disk, Galaxy: structure, kinematics and dynamics, solar, Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, neighborhood
host publication
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Proceedings
volume
258
pages
23 - 30
publisher
Cambridge University Press
conference name
Ages of stars
conference dates
2008-10-13 - 2008-10-17
external identifiers
  • wos:000268929300003
  • scopus:85168696204
ISSN
1743-9213
1743-9221
DOI
10.1017/S1743921309031676
language
English
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63e0e447-8031-4edd-a7ea-ea14346fd393 (old id 1477386)
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  abstract     = {{We discuss the age of the stellar disks in the solar neighborhood. After reviewing the various methods for age dating, we discuss current estimates of the ages of both the thin- and the thick disks. We present preliminary results for kineymatically-selected stars that belong to the thin- as well as the thick disk. All of these dwarf and sub-giant stars have been studied spectroscopically and we have derived both elemental abundances as well as ages for them. A general conclusion is that in the solar neighborhood, on average, the thick disk is older than the thin disk. However, we caution that the exclusion of stars with effective temperatures around 6500 K might result in a biased view of the full age distribution for the stars in the thick disk.}},
  author       = {{Feltzing, Sofia and Bensby, Thomas}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Proceedings}},
  issn         = {{1743-9213}},
  keywords     = {{stars: late-type; Galaxy: disk; Galaxy: structure; kinematics and dynamics; solar; Hertzsprung-Russell diagram; neighborhood}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{23--30}},
  publisher    = {{Cambridge University Press}},
  title        = {{The age of the Galaxy's thick disk}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1743921309031676}},
  doi          = {{10.1017/S1743921309031676}},
  volume       = {{258}},
  year         = {{2009}},
}