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University of Birmingham > Talks@bham > Astrophysics Talks Series > White Dwarfs, Gaia, and The Age of the Galaxy
White Dwarfs, Gaia, and The Age of the GalaxyAdd to your list(s) Download to your calendar using vCal
If you have a question about this talk, please contact Sean McGee. What is the star-formation history of the Milky Way? How old are Galactic halo and thick disk stars? Traditional age-dating of stars relies on clusters, which only offer a limited view of these stellar populations. I will show that white dwarf stars offer a way forward. Specifically, I will show how optical and near-IR photometry, Gaia astrometry, and a Bayesian modeling approach allows us to determine precision ages for individual white dwarfs and derive population ages. This talk is part of the Astrophysics Talks Series series. This talk is included in these lists:Note that ex-directory lists are not shown. |
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