Spiral galaxies as enantiomers: Chirality, an underlying feature in chemistry and astrophysics

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint , Other literature type 31 Oct 2005Embargo end date: 01 Jan 2005 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Chirality, volume 18, pages 17-23 (issn: 0899-0042, eissn: 1520-636X,

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Authors: CAPOZZIELLO, SALVATORE; A. Lattanzi;

doi: 10.1002/chir.20215 , 10.48550/arxiv.physics/0509144

arXiv: physics/0509144

handle: 11588/304514 , 11386/1527990

Spiral galaxies as enantiomers: Chirality, an underlying feature in chemistry and astrophysics

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AbstractSpiral galaxies are axisymmetric 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 amino acids and sugars. Environmental effects can influence the intrinsic chirality of originally isolated stellar systems so that a progressive loss of chirality is recognized in the Hubble morphological sequence of galaxies. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Chirality

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Università degli studi di Salerno
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Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph), Physics - Space Physics, Physics - Chemical Physics, Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics, Space Physics (physics.space-ph)

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