Spiral galaxies as chiral objects?

DOI10.1007/S10509-006-1984-6zbMATH Open1134.85302arXivastro-ph/0509487OpenAlexW3099779864MaRDI QIDQ2432264FDOQ2432264

Authors: Yanyan Li 

Publication date: 25 October 2006

Published in: Astrophysics and Space Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

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 recognised 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.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0509487

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zbMATH Keywords

chiralityspiral galaxiesenantiomersHubble sequence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Astrophysical cosmology (85A40) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15)

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• Cosmological Physics
• Cosmological Inflation and Large-Scale Structure
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Cited In (1)

• Symmetries in stellar, galactic, and extragalactic astronomy

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