Astronomical Sources of Circularly Polarized Light and the Origin of Homochirality

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• Publication year

  2001

• Venue

  Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere

• Publication date

  2001-02-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Physics

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  DOI 10.1023/A:1006751425919PMID 11296520
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