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Methyl Formate Synthesis Pathways at Various Star Formation Stages

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Here we present the results of a numerical study of the main reactions that determine the methyl formate abundance under conditions of a low-mass protostellar object with both normal and enhanced cosmic-ray ionization rates. The estimations of the contribution that dust chemistry has on the gas-phase methyl formate abundance are made. The impact of the transition from the prestellar to protostellar phases on the methyl-formate chemistry is studied as well.

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The studies at the Lebedev Physical Institute were supported by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (project no. 075-15-2021-597).

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Kochina, O.V., Wiebe, D.S. Methyl Formate Synthesis Pathways at Various Star Formation Stages. Astron. Lett. 50, 70–80 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063773724600139

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