Spiral Galaxies as Enantiomers: Chirality, an Underlying Feature in Chemistry and Astrophysics

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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.
17 pages, 4 figures

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Chemical Physics, Astrophysics, Space Physics

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/178250

Consulte el texto completo en el siguiente enlace:

https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0509144
 http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0509144
 Chirality18:17-23,2006
 doi:10.1002/chir.20215

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