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BAFFLES: Bayesian Ages for Field Lower-Mass Stars
S Adam Stanford-Moore, Eric L. Nielsen, Robert J. De Rosa, Bruce Macintosh, Ian Czekala
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Age is a fundamental parameter of stars, yet in many cases ages of individual stars are presented without robust estimates of the uncertainty. We have developed a Bayesian framework, BAFFLES, to produce the age posterior for a star from its calcium emission strength (log(R′_(HK))) or lithium abundance (Li EW) and B-V color. We empirically determine the likelihood functions for calcium and lithium as functions of age from literature measurements of stars in benchmark clusters with well-determined ages. We use a uniform prior on age which reflects a uniform star formation rate. The age posteriors we derive for several test cases are consistent with literature ages found from other methods. BAFFLES represents a robust method to determine the age posterior probability distribution for any field star with 0.45 ≤B-V ≤0.9 and a measurement of R′_(HK) and/or 0.35 ≤B-V ≤1.9 and measured Li EW. We compile colors, R′_(HK), and Li EW from over 2630 nearby field stars from the literature and present the derived BAFFLES age posterior for each star.
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