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Spiral Galaxies as Chiral Objects? |
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| Authors: | S Capozziello A Lattanzi |
| Institution: | (1) Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche and INFN (sez. di Napoli), Università di Napoli “Federico II”, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Via Cinthia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy;(2) Dipartimento di Chimica, Universita' di Salerno, Via S. Allende, Baronissi, I-84081 Salerno, Italy |
| Abstract: | Spiral galaxies show axial symmetry and an intrinsic 2D-chirality. Environmental effects can influence the chirality of originally isolated stellar systems and a progressive loss of chirality can be recognized in the Hubble sequence. We point out a preferential modality for genetic galaxies as in microscopic systems like aminoacids, sugars or neutrinos. This feature could be the remnant of a primordial symmetry breaking characterizing systems at all scales. |
| Keywords: | Spiral galaxies Hubble sequence Chirality Enantiomers |
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