Spiral Galaxies as Chiral Objects?
Astrophysics
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
Spiral galaxies show axial symmetry and an intrinsic 2D-chirality. Environmental effects can influence the chirality of originally isolated stellar systems and a progressive loss of chirality can be recognised in the Hubble sequence. We point out a preferential modality for genetic galaxies as in microscopic systems like aminoacids, sugars or neutrinos. This feature could be the remnant of a primordial symmetry breaking characterizing systems at all scales.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0509487,
title = {Spiral Galaxies as Chiral Objects?},
author = {Salvatore Capozziello and Alessandra Lattanzi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0509487},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
10 pages, 3 figures