Chiral-symmetry-breaking states and their sensitivity in nonequilibrium chemical systems

D.K. Kondepudi and G.W. Nelson

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1984, vol. 125, issue 2, 465-496

Abstract: Nonequilibrium symmetry breaking and sensitivity are discussed in the context of the chemistry of chiral molecules. It is shown that systems that break chiral symmetry are so sensitive to small chiral interaction that an interaction energy Eint > 10−15 -10−17kT is sufficient to have strong chiral selectivity. Such energies are within the range of parity violating weak-neutral-current interactions. Chiral interaction energies due to a combination of electric, magnetic, gravitational and centrifugal fields, even when high field strengths are considered, are found to be less than 10−19kT. Plausible chemical systems that involve rhodium catalysts in which weak-neutral-current energies should be high are also briefly discussed.

Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.1016/0378-4371(84)90065-7

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