Chirality-dependent macroscopic force between chiral molecules and achiral matter

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2008.10.082zbMATH Open1227.81256arXiv0805.1294OpenAlexW2106062725MaRDI QIDQ647019FDOQ647019

Authors: Yonghong Hu, Zhongzhu Liu, Qing Xu, Jun Luo 

Publication date: 30 November 2011

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A theory concerning non-zero macroscopic chirality-dependent force between a source mass and homochiral molecules due to the exchange of light particles is presented in this paper. This force is proposed to have opposite sign for molecules with opposite chirality. Using the central field approximation, we calculate this force between a copper block and a vessel of chiral molecules (methyl phenyl carbinol nitrite). The magnitude of force is estimated with the published limits of the scalar and pseudo-scalar coupling constants. Based on our theoretical model, this force may violate the equivalence principle when the homochiral molecules are used to be the test masses.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0805.1294

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zbMATH Keywords

axionparity violationchiral moleculemacroscopic force

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Other elementary particle theory in quantum theory (81V25) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22)

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