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  • Solar System Origins

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  • Small Solar System bodies (comets, asteroids) show chemical compositions inherited from early Solar System formation.
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Purpose of the Study:

  • To characterize and understand chemical evolution during solar-type protostellar evolution.
  • To present an overview of the Astrochemical Surveys At IRAM (ASAI) project and initial findings.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted unbiased millimeter line surveys (80-272 GHz) of ten template sources covering early solar-type star formation stages.
  • Analyzed 3 mm band observations from the ASAI project.

Main Results:

  • The number of detected main isotopic species remained consistent across evolutionary stages, similar to massive star-forming regions.
  • Identified two chemical classes of envelopes based on O- and C-bearing species: O-rich complex organic molecules (hot corino sources) and hydrocarbons (Warm Carbon Chain Chemistry sources).

Conclusions:

  • High molecular richness is present even in the initial phases of solar-type star formation.
  • The chemical composition of small Solar System bodies is strongly linked to early stellar evolution.