Ages of stars: Methods and uncertainties
David R. Soderblom
TL;DR
This paper reviews the challenges and methods of estimating stellar ages, emphasizing the role of asteroseismology in large-scale Galactic studies and discussing uncertainties involved.
Contribution
It provides a comprehensive overview of age estimation techniques and highlights specific issues faced in applying these methods to the Milky Way.
Findings
Asteroseismology improves age estimates for stars.
Uncertainties remain significant in large-scale Galactic studies.
The review discusses general and specific challenges in stellar age determination.
Abstract
Estimating ages for stars is difficult at best, but Galactic problems have their own requirements that go beyond those for other areas of astrophysics. As in other areas, asteroseismology is helping, and in this review I discuss some of the general problems encountered and some specific to large-scale studies of the Milky Way.
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