Chirality through classical physics

DOI10.1088/1361-6404/AB895DMaRDI QIDQ6042539zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Chris L. Lin

Publication date 11 May 2023

Published in European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.08236

zbMATH Keywords

chiralityknotspoint groupreflections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and overarching topics; collections (00-XX) Quantum theory (81-XX)

Abstract: Chirality, or handedness, is a topic that is common in biology and chemistry, yet is rarely discussed in physics courses. We provide a way of introducing the topic in classical physics, and demonstrate the merits of its inclusion - such as a simple way to visually introduce the concept of symmetries in physical law - along with giving some simple proofs using only basic matrix operations, thereby avoiding the full formalism of the three-dimensional point group.

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• The physical field with 'handedness'
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