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UV Circular Polarisation in Star Formation Regions : The Origin of Homochirality?
(2005-02)
Ultraviolet circularly polarised light has been suggested as the initial cause of the homochirality of organic molecules in terrestrial organisms, via enantiomeric selection of prebiotic molecules by asymmetric photolysis. ...
High Circular Polarization in the Star Forming Region NGC 6334: Implications
(Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2000)
The amino-acids which form the building blocks of biological proteins are all left-handed molecules. By contrast, when these molecules are made in the laboratory equal numbers of the right and left-handed versions are made. ...
Circular Polarization in Star- Formation Regions : Implications for Biomolecular Homochirality
(1998)
Strong infrared circular polarization resulting from dust scattering in reflection nebulae in the Orion OMC-1 star-formation region has been observed. Circular polarization at shorter wavelengths might have been important ...