Detection of circular polarization in light scattered from photosynthetic microbes (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2009) 106, 19, (7816-7821) 10.1073/pnas.0810215106);Detection of circular polarization in light scattered from photosynthetic microbes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 7816-7821

  Sparks, William B ^a   Hough, James ^b   Germer, Thomas A ^c   Chen, Feng ^d   DasSarma, Shiladitya ^d   DasSarmad, Priya ^d   Robbd, Frank T ^d   Mansete, Nadine ^e   Kolokolovaf, Ludmilla ^f   Reida, Neill ^a   Macchetto, F Duccio ^a   Martin, William ^b  

^a STScI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CANADA FRANCE HAWAII TELESCOPE   (United States)

^f Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Homochirality; Life detection; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COSMOS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 66049084341     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905400106     Document Type: Erratum

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