Extended high circular polarization in the orion massive star forming region: Implications for the origin of homochirality in the solar system

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-346

  Fukue, Tsubasa ^a   Tamura, Motohide ^a,b   Kandori, Ryo ^a   Kusakabe, Nobuhiko ^a   Hough, James H ^c   Bailey, Jeremy ^d   Whittet, Douglas C B ^e   Lucas, Philip W ^c   Nakajima, Yasushi ^a,f   Hashimoto, Jun ^b  

^a NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^b The University of Aizu   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circular polarization; Enantiomers; Homochirality; Origins of life; Orion nebula

Indexed keywords

INFRARED IMAGERY; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLARIZATION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; LIGHT; MICROCLIMATE; RADIATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

BIOGENESIS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT; RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77951768488     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-010-9206-1     Document Type: Article

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