Fundamental parameters of stars

These positions can be compared with the predictions of stellar evolutionary calculations to provide information on the basic parameters of the stars: masses, radii, effective temperatures, ages, and chemical composition. The degeneracy between mass, age, and metallicity is not so large as to prevent a reliable estimate of masses, radii and effective temperatures, at least for stars of solar metallicity.

The evolutionary models of Bertelli et al. (1994, Cat. <J/A+AS/106/275>) predict those parameters finely, and furthermore, the applied transformation from the theoretical log(g)-T_eff_ to the observational M_v_-B-V plane is precise enough to derive radii with an uncertainty of ~6%, masses within 8%, and Teffs within ~2% for a certain range of the stellar parameters. This is demonstrated by means of comparison with the measurements in eclipsing binaries and the InfraRed Flux Method.