Astronomical Sources of Circularly Polarized Light and the Origin of Homochirality
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Discover Life
- Vol. 31 (1/2) , 167-183
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1006751425919
Abstract
Possible astronomical sources of ultraviolet circularly polarized light(UVCPL) which might be responsible for enantiomeric selection in interstellarorganic molecules are considered, Synchrotron...Keywords
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