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

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

Author(s) -

Capozziello Salvatore,

Lattanzi Alessandra

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

chirality

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.43

H-Index - 77

eISSN - 1520-636X

pISSN - 0899-0042

DOI - 10.1002/chir.20215

Subject(s) - chirality (physics) , enantiomer , chemistry , astrophysics , spiral (railway) , galaxy , spiral galaxy , barred spiral galaxy , physics , stereochemistry , elliptical galaxy , lenticular galaxy , quantum chromodynamics , chiral symmetry , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , nambu–jona lasinio model

Spiral 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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