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Sites that Can Produce Left-handed Amino Acids in the Supernova Neutrino Amino Acid Processing Model

  • Department of Physics
  • Ohio State University
  • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
  • Physics Department
  • Western Michigan University
  • Department of Astronomy
  • The University of Tokyo

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Abstract

The Supernova Neutrino Amino Acid Processing model, which uses electron anti-neutrinos and the magnetic field from a source object such as a supernova to selectively destroy one amino acid chirality, is studied for possible sites that would produce meteoroids with partially left-handed amino acids. Several sites appear to provide the requisite magnetic field intensities and electron anti-neutrino fluxes. These results have obvious implications for the origin of life on Earth.

Original languageEnglish
Article number26
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume856
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Mar 2018

Keywords

  • astrobiology
  • astrochemistry
  • meteorites, meteors, meteoroids
  • molecular processes
  • neutrinos

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