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@article{Jeffery:2016:2/79,
author = {Jeffery, EJ and von, Hippel T and van, Dyk D and Stenning, DC and Robinson, E and Stein, N and Jefferys, WH},
doi = {2/79},
journal = {Astrophysical Journal},
title = {A BAYESIAN ANALYSIS OF THE AGES OF FOUR OPEN CLUSTERS},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/828/2/79},
volume = {828},
year = {2016}
}

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AB  - In this paper we apply a Bayesian technique to determine the best fit of stellar evolution modelsto find the main sequence turn off age and other cluster parameters of four intermediate-age openclusters: NGC 2360, NGC 2477, NGC 2660, and NGC 3960. Our algorithm utilizes a Markov chainMonte Carlo technique to fit these various parameters, objectively finding the best fit isochrone foreach cluster. The result is a high precision isochrone fit. We compare these results with the those oftraditional “by eye” isochrone fitting methods. By applying this Bayesian technique to NGC 2360,NGC 2477, NGC 2660, and NGC 3960 we determine the ages of these clusters to be 1.35 ± 0.05,1.02 ± 0.02, 1.64 ± 0.04, and 0.860 ± 0.04 Gyr, respectively. The results of this paper continue oureffort to determine cluster ages to higher precision than that offered by these traditional methods ofisochrone fitting.
AU  - Jeffery,EJ
AU  - von,Hippel T
AU  - van,Dyk D
AU  - Stenning,DC
AU  - Robinson,E
AU  - Stein,N
AU  - Jefferys,WH
DO  - 2/79
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1538-4357
TI  - A BAYESIAN ANALYSIS OF THE AGES OF FOUR OPEN CLUSTERS
T2  - Astrophysical Journal
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/828/2/79
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/34011
VL  - 828
ER  -

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