Recovering the star formation rate in the solar neighborhood

2006/08/30 by M. Cignoni, S. Degl’Innocenti, S. Degl'Innocenti +2 · 99 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Astrophysics #Computer science #Demography #Physics #Population #Satellite #Sociology #Star (game theory) #Star formation #Stars #Stellar population #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065645

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 459(3), 783-796 (EDP Sciences) · Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics

arxiv created 2006/08/30 · openalex publication_date 2006/08/31 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Aims.This paper develops a method for obtaining the star formation histories of a mixed, resolved population through the use of color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs). The method provides insight into the local star formation rate, analyzing the observations of the Hipparcos satellite through a comparison with synthetic CMDs computed for different histories with an updated stellar evolution library.

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