UV circular polarisation in star formation regions: The origin of homochirality?

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-60

  Lucas, P W ^a   Hough, J H ^a   Bailey, Jeremy ^b   Chrysostomou, Antonio ^a   Gledhill, T M ^a   Mccall, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLO AUSTRALIAN OBSERVATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Circularly polarized light; Enantiomers; Homochirality; Origins of life; Star formation regions

Indexed keywords

ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHOTOLYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION SCATTERING; STEREOISOMERISM; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTOLYSIS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; STEREOISOMERISM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 18644371512     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-005-7770-6     Document Type: Article

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