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lithium depletion boundary: a standalone construct

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Stellar astrophysics

the luminosity in a young cluster below which stars still retain lithium, used as a test for brown dwarfs and to date the cluster.

In stellar astrophysics, lithium depletion boundary refers to the luminosity in a young cluster below which stars still retain lithium, used as a test for brown dwarfs and to date the cluster. This meaning comes from Basri (1996) in The Astrophysical Journal.[1]

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References

Basri, G., Marcy, G. W., & Graham, J. R. (1996). Lithium in Brown Dwarf Candidates: The Mass and Age of the Faintest Pleiades Stars. The Astrophysical Journal, 458, 600. https://doi.org/10.1086/176842

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