Abstract
Open clusters provide the ideal environment for the calibration of ages determined from main sequence evolutionary theory (via cluster isochrones) and ages determined from white dwarf cooling theory. In an effort to measure more precise cluster ages, our group has developed a new technique using Bayesian statistics. Here we will discuss new capabilities of the technique, as well as the first application to real data, using the Hyades as a test case. Because the faintest white dwarfs have likely evaporated from the Hyades, we also demonstrate the first successful application of the bright white dwarf technique for deriving ages from the bright cluster white dwarfs alone.
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