First results of the RAMBAS experiment on investigation of the radiation mechanism of chiral influence

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-163

  Burkov, V I ^a   Goncharova, L A ^b   Gusev, G A ^b   Kobayashi, K ^c   Moiseenko, E V ^d   Poluhina, N G ^b   Saito, T ^e   Tsarev, V A ^b   Xu, Jianhua ^f   Zhang, Guobin ^g  

^a MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RUSSIAN FEDERAL NUCLEAR CENTER VNIIEF   (Russian Federation)

^e The University of Aizu   (Japan)

^f INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Asymmetric degradation; Chiral asymmetry; Circular dichroism; Radiation mechanism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PROTON;

AMINO ACID; ASYMMETRY; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRRADIANCE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; IONIZING RADIATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOGENESIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; PROTONS; RADIATION, IONIZING; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 41049100045     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-008-9127-4     Document Type: Article

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