Ages and Age Spreads in Young Stellar Clusters

Jeffries, Robin

Abstract

I review progress towards understanding the time-scales of star and cluster formation and of the absolute ages of young stars. I focus in particular on the areas in which Francesco Palla made highly significant contributions - interpretation of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams of young clusters and the role of photospheric lithium as an age diagnostic.

Citation

Jeffries, R. (2017). Ages and Age Spreads in Young Stellar Clusters. arXiv,

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Sep 6, 2017
• Publication Date: Sep 6, 2017
• Deposit Date: Jun 15, 2023
• Journal: arXiv
• Print ISSN: 2331-8422
• Publisher: Cornell University
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: . Stars: abundances – Stars: evolution – Stars: ages – Galaxy: open clusters and associations