Two Boehm-Vitense gaps in the main sequence of the Hyades

Abstract

Hipparcos proper motions and trigonometric parallaxes allow the derivation of secular parallaxes which fix the distances to individual stars in the Hyades cluster to an accuracy of \sim 2 percent. The resulting color-absolute magnitude diagram for 92 high-fidelity single members of the cluster displays a very narrow main sequence, with two turn-offs and associated gaps. These occur at the locations where the onset of surface convection affects the B-V colors, as predicted by Boehm-Vitense thirty years ago. The new distances provide stringent constraints on the transformations of colors and absolute magnitudes to effective temperatures and luminosities, and on models of stellar interiors.

4 pages, 2 PostScript figures, LaTeX using aastex and emulateapj5.sty; accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal Letters

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