Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)835-839
Abstract
A possible solution of the well known paradox of chiral molecules is based on the
idea of spontaneous symmetry breaking. At low pressure the molecules are delocalized between
the two minima of a given molecular potential while at higher pressure they become localized
in one minimum due to the intermolecular dipole-dipole interactions. Evidence for such a phase
transition is provided by measurements of the inversion spectrum of ammonia and deuterated
ammonia at different pressures. In particular, at pressure greater than a critical value no inversion
line is observed. These data are well accounted for by a model previously developed and recently
extended to mixtures. In the present paper, we discuss the variation of the critical pressure in
binary mixtures as a function of the fractions of the constituents.
Citation
Carlo Presilla,
and
G. Jona-Lasinio,
"Binary Mixtures of Chiral Gases," Proceedings of 2015 Photonics & Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Prague, July 6 - 9,Page(s)835-839