Lithium in Young Open Clusters
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Symposium - International Astronomical Union
- Vol. 198, 350-353
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900166811
Abstract
We present lithium abundances for ∼50 late-type members of the ∼30 — 50 Myr old open clusters IC 2602 and IC 2391 derived from high-resolution spectra obtained at ESO and CTIO. These data enlarge and extend to cooler temperatures previous Li surveys of these clusters by Stauffer et al. (1989) and Randich et al. (1997). We discuss the lithium vs. temperature distribution in the two clusters and we compare our results with those obtained for the Pleiades (∼120 Myr). The results are discussed in the general framework of lithium depletion in young clusters, from the pre-main sequence to the age of the Pleiades.Keywords
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