IC 2391 and Argus young stars

In addition to common kinematics and ages between these two systems, here we explore their chemical abundance patterns to confirm if the two substructures shared a common origin. We carry out a homogeneous high-resolution elemental abundance study of eight confirmed members of IC 2391 as well as six members of the Argus association using UVES spectra.

We derive spectroscopic stellar parameters and abundances for Fe, Na, Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Ti, Cr, Ni and Ba. All stars in the open cluster and Argus association were found to share similar abundances with the scatter well within the uncertainties, where [Fe/H]=-0.04+/-0.03 for cluster stars and [Fe/H]=-0.06+/-0.05 for Argus stars. Effects of overionization/excitation were seen for stars cooler than roughly 5200K as previously noted in the literature.