Is There a Field-Theoretic Explanation For Precursor Biopolymers?

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Gerald Rosen
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[1] Drexel University,Department of Physics
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Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere | 2002年 / 32卷
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chirality-producing interaction; cold dark matter; precursor biopolymers;
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A Hu-Barkana-Gruzinov cold dark matter scalarfield Φ may enter a weak isospin invariant derivative interactionthat causes the flow of right-handed electrons to align parallelto (→∇Φ). Hence, in the outer regions of galaxies where (→∇Φ) islarge, as in galactic halos, the derivative interaction mayinduce a chirality-imbued quantum chemistry. Such a chirality-imbued chemistry would in turn be conducive to the formation ofabundant precursor biopolymers on interstellar dust grains,comets and meteors in galactic halo regions, with subsequentdelivery to planets in the inner galactic regions where Φ and(→∇Φ) are concomitantly near zero and left-right symmetricterrestrial quantum chemistry prevails.
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