Molecular Parity Violation and Chirality: The Asymmetry of Life and the Symmetry Violations in Physics

Progress in Theoretical Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 26, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-76

  Quack, Martin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dark Matter; Normal Matter; Parity Violation; Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking; Symmetry Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85082767490     PISSN: 15677354     EISSN: 22150129     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5297-9_3     Document Type: Chapter

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