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Stars in Motion A Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena September 2008 A. Uribe, R. Barrera, A. Higuera, E. Brieva A Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena New Haven, September 2008

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Stars in Motion

A Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena

September 2008

Stars in Motion

A Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena

September 2008

A. Uribe, R. Barrera, A. Higuera, E. Brieva

A Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena New Haven, September 2008

Antonio Uribe B.

[email protected] Astronómico NacionalUniversidad Nacional de Colombia

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI

isochrones

A. Uribe, R. Barrera, A. Higuera, E. Brieva

A Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena September 2008

Observatorio Astronómico

Nacional

Ruth Barrera

[email protected]

Observatorio Astronómico Nacional

Eduardo Brieva

[email protected]

Observatorio Astronómico Nacional

Mario Armando Higuera

[email protected]

Observatorio Astronómico Nacional

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

Collaborators

A. Uribe, R. Barrera, A. Higuera, E. Brieva

A Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena September 2008

Laura Moreno

[email protected]

Observatorio Astronómico Nacional

Jean Paul Picon

[email protected]

Observatorio Astronómico Nacional

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

Students

A. Uribe, R. Barrera, A. Higuera, E. BrievaA Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena

September 2008

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

Table of contents

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A Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena September 2008

Table of contents

1. Introduction2. The model and the likelihood function3. Parameters estimates of the mixture model4. The age of M675. M67 solar type stars6. Results • Age of M67• Membership in the sky region of M677. References

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

Introduction

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Open Clusters in galactic astronomy

Data analysis in astrostatistics Data Bases

Membership in open clusters Distance ModuliGalactic extinction Age of galactic clusters

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Introduction

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Position α2000= 8h 50m 26.1s δ2000= 11ο 48´ 46´´

Distance 870 pc

Open Cluster M67

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Introduction

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Age 4 Gyrs.Chemical composition.Solar type stars.

The importance of M67

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

Introduction

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Membership study

Proper Motions from 1866 stars W. SandersPhotometry from Montgomery, Sanders, GirardMixture Density Model Bivariate normal componentsParameter estimationEM algorithmEMMIX software

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The model and the likelihood function

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PM vector point spread diagram

Arcsec/cent

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-2

0

2

4

-4 -2 0 2 4

UX

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The model and the likelihood function

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PM bivariate normal components for the field and cluster stars

Mark H. Slovak

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

The model and the likelihood function

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The EM algorithm

This has been the statistical approach to estimate the parameters of the mixture model.This goal is reached because the EM algorithm allows to find a point of the parameter space that maximizes the log-likelihood function through the E and the M steps.

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

The model and the likelihood function

A. Uribe, R. Barrera, A. Higuera, E. BrievaA Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena

September 2008

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

Parameters estimates of the mixture model

A. Uribe, R. Barrera, A. Higuera, E. Brieva

A Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena September 2008

The EMMIX software

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

Parameters estimates of the mixture model

A. Uribe, R. Barrera, A. Higuera, E. Brieva

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Parameters estimation by EM

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

Parameters estimates of the mixture model

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September 2008

The membership probabilities are found through a Bayesian rule

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M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

Parameters estimates of the mixture model

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M67 most probable members

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M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

The age of M67

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Learning from Allan Sandage, Lori M. and Don VandenBerg

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

The age of M67

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Main Hipparcos catalog cloud and isocrhones from Don VandenBerg

Victoria Regina models

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

The age of M67

A. Uribe, R. Barrera, A. Higuera, E. Brieva

A Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena September 2008

Main Hipparcos catalog cloud and isocrhones from Don VandenBerg

Victoria Regina models

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

The age of M67

A. Uribe, R. Barrera, A. Higuera, E. Brieva

A Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena September 2008

Isochrone by Pietrinferni-Cassisi-Salaris-Castelli 2006 Standard Model

Scaled solar model & transformation (Castelli 1999)

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

The age of M67

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M67 Color Magnitud Diagram and Age

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

M67 solar type stars

A. Uribe, R. Barrera, A. Higuera, E. Brieva

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M67 Stellar spectra by Allen L. et al.

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

M67 solar type stars

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M67 Stellar spectra by Allen L. et al.

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M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

Results

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The age of M67

CMD with 314 M67 most probable members Three Basti isochrones (3.75, 4 y 4.5) Gyr Isochrones are based on a scaled solar

model with 2000 points [Fe/H] = 0.58, Z=0.0198, Y= 0.273 Distance modulus = 9.7 24082 hipparchos stars from HMC

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

Results

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Membership results

1510 518 Membership probability > 0.5 314 Membership probability > 0.9 12 G2V solar type stars Correct allocation rate 0.937

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

References

A. Uribe, R. Barrera, A. Higuera, E. Brieva

A Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena September 2008

Main references

M67 most probable members and age estimation using BASTI isochrones

A. Uribe, R. Barrera, A. Higuera, E. Brieva

A Yale symposium in honor of Bill Van Altena September 2008

Thanks to all of you

Mainly to the organizers of the Yale

symposium Stars in Motion in honor of Bill

Van Altena