Circular Polarization in Star- Formation Regions: Implications for Biomolecular Homochirality

J. Bailey; A. Chrysostomou; J. Hough; T. Gledhill; A. McCall; S. Clark; F. Menard; M. Tamura

doi:10.1126/science.281.5377.672

Circular Polarization in Star- Formation Regions: Implications for Biomolecular Homochirality

J. Bailey, A. Chrysostomou, J. Hough, T. Gledhill, A. McCall, S. Clark, F. Menard, M. Tamura

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Abstract

Strong infrared circular polarization resulting from dust scattering in reflection nebulae in the Orion OMC-1 star-formation region has been observed. Circular polarization at shorter wavelengths might have been important in inducing chiral asymmetry in interstellar organic molecules that could be subsequently delivered to the early Earth by comets, interplanetary dust particles, or meteors. This could account for the excess of l–amino acids found in the Murchison meteorite and could explain the origin of the homochirality of biological molecules.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	672-674
Journal	Science
Volume	281
Issue number	5377
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.281.5377.672
Publication status	Published - 1998

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