title: First results of the RAMBAS experiment on investigation of the radiation mechanism of chiral influence.
abstract: The first results of the RAdiation Mechanism of Biomolecular ASymmetry (RAMBAS) experiment on investigation of the radiation mechanism of the influence on chiral molecules, as a factor leading to origination of chiral asymmetry are presented. It was found that irradiation of simple achiral materials by a flux of electrons from radioactive source initiated the synthesis of amino acids, and it resulted in asymmetric degradation and chiral asymmetry in a racemic mixture of amino acids. The results obtained can be important for the solution of the origin-of-life and biological homochirality problems.
authors.affiliation: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutsky per. 9, Dolgoprudnii, Moscow obl., 141700, Russia.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Burkov
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Goncharova
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Gusev
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Moiseenko
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Poluhina
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Tsarev
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Guobin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D000069497:Origin of Life; D011522:Protons; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D011522:Protons