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Models of α Cen A & B have been computed using the masses determinedby Pourbaix et al. (2002) and the data derived from the spectroscopicanalysis of Neuforge and Magain (1997). The seismological dataobtained by Bouchy and Carrier (2001, 2002) do help improveour knowledge of the evolutionary status of the system. All the constraintsare satisfied with a model which gives an age of about 6 Gyr for the binary.
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Thoul, A., Scuflaire, R., Vatovez, B. et al. p-mode Oscillations of α Cen A. Astrophysics and Space Science 284, 241–244 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023251921526
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