ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024
Interstellar Chiral Evolution‒Exploring Enantiomeric Excesses in Evolving Environments
The origin of life is a profound and experimentally challenging question, with an inherent bias for handed molecules at a chemical level. Homochirality, specifically the preference for left-handed (L-) amino acids in Earth's life, has inspired numerous studies. Meteorite samples provide evidence that this bias originated long before Earth's formation, tied to water-rich interstellar ices and circularly polarized starlight. Yet, we still lack a complete understanding of the chiral photon interaction with organic molecules under realistic astrophysical conditions where chiral species are embedded in an amorphous water-rich ice matrix. Intriguingly, amino acids in highly aqueous-altered…
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