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arxiv: astro-ph/0412213 · v1 · pith:TF4F5UI6new · submitted 2004-12-09 · 🌌 astro-ph

Age spreads in clusters and associations: the lithium test

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We report the evidence that several low-mass stars (<~0.4 Msun) of the Orion and Upper Scorpius clusters have lithium abundances well below the interstellar value. Due to time-dependent depletion, our result implies stellar ages greater than ~5 Myr, suggesting that star formation has been proceeding for a long time in these systems.

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