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View SchemaSpiral Galaxies as Enantiomers: Chirality, an Underlying Feature in Chemistry and Astrophysics
| Authors | Salvatore Capozziello, Alessandra Lattanzi |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0509144 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0509144 |
| DOI | 10.1002/chir.20215 |
| Journal | Chirality18:17-23,2006 |
Abstract
Spiral galaxies are axi-symmetric objects showing 2D-chirality when projected onto a plane. Features in common with tetrahedral molecules are pointed out, in particular the existence of a preferred chiral modality for genetic galaxies as in aminoacids and sugars. Environmental effects can influence the intrinsic chirality of originally isolated stellar systems so that a progressive loss of chirality is recognised in the Hubble morphological sequence of galaxies.
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