Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-16-2014
Publication Title
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Department
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
We report an age revision for the low-mass detached eclipsing binary CM Draconis and its common proper motion companion, WD 1633+572. An age of 8.5 +/- 3.5 Gyr is found by combining an age estimate for the lifetime of WD 1633+572 and an estimate from galactic space motions. The revised age is greater than a factor of two older than previous estimates. Our results provide consistency between the white dwarf age and the system's galactic kinematics, which reveal the system is a highly probable mem
DOI
10.1051/0004-6361/201424288
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Feiden, Gregory A. and Chaboyer, Brian, "Revised Age for CM Draconis and WD 1633+ 572-Toward a Resolution of Model-Observation Radius Discrepancies" (2014). Dartmouth Scholarship. 524.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/524
