Spiral Galaxies as Enantiomers: Chirality, an Underlying Feature in Chemistry and Astrophysics
Chemical Physics
2008-11-26 v1 Astrophysics
Space Physics
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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@article{arxiv.physics/0509144,
title = {Spiral Galaxies as Enantiomers: Chirality, an Underlying Feature in Chemistry and Astrophysics},
author = {Salvatore Capozziello and Alessandra Lattanzi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0509144},
year = {2008}
}
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17 pages, 4 figures