Spiral Galaxies as Chiral Objects?

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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.
10 pages, 3 figures

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/177210

Consulte el texto completo en el siguiente enlace:

https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0509487
 http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0509487
 Astrophys.SpaceSci.301:189-193,2006
 doi:10.1007/s10509-006-1984-6

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