TY - JOUR
T1 - Chiral-selective radiolysis in a magnetic field
AU - Pospelov, M. E.
PY - 1996/9/9
Y1 - 1996/9/9
N2 - Unpolarized radiation, photons or charged particles, interact differently with left-and right-handed chiral media placed in external magnetic fields B. We estimate the efficiency of this chirality breaking mechanism for molecules and radicals with different types of radiation. It is shown that the correlation between the directions of the terrestrial magnetic field and the Sun's radiation suggests a natural background for the chiral selection in prebiotic media which normally dominate over weak interaction chiral influences.
AB - Unpolarized radiation, photons or charged particles, interact differently with left-and right-handed chiral media placed in external magnetic fields B. We estimate the efficiency of this chirality breaking mechanism for molecules and radicals with different types of radiation. It is shown that the correlation between the directions of the terrestrial magnetic field and the Sun's radiation suggests a natural background for the chiral selection in prebiotic media which normally dominate over weak interaction chiral influences.
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U2 - 10.1016/0375-9601(96)00485-9
DO - 10.1016/0375-9601(96)00485-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0042124875
SN - 0375-9601
VL - 220
SP - 194
EP - 200
JO - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
IS - 4-5
ER -