Symmetry (May 2019)

Homochirality: A Perspective from Fundamental Physics

  • Anaís Dorta-Urra,
  • Pedro Bargueño

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11050661
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 5
p. 661

Abstract

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In this brief review, possible mechanisms which could lead to complete biological homochirality are discussed from the viewpoint of fundamental physics. In particular, the role played by electroweak parity violation, including neutrino-induced homochirality, and contributions from the gravitational interaction, will be emphasized.

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