Cool Stars 14 - Submitted Abstract # 129
This version created on 05 October 2006

Ages for illustrative field stars using gyrochronology


Sydney Barnes, Lowell Observatory

Gyrochronology is the technique of deriving ages for solar- and
late-type main sequence stars using their rotation periods and colors.
In addition to allowing the derivation of ages for individual field
stars, it permits the derivation of the errors on those ages, which
are estimated to be ~15% for individual G, K, and M stars.  (This
poster summarizes the results of a paper in the Astrophysical Journal
which explains gyrochronology in detail.)

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