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Homochirality is a characteristic signature of life or at the very least pre-biotic chemistry, and we explain how biotic and pre-biotic homochirality can be distinguished. We discuss the implications of the recent discovery of an enantiomeric excess in the Murchison meteorite. We describe how a combination of gas-chromatography and polarimetry could be used to detect life on mars, and introduce new vistas for space polarimetry in our proposed Search for EXtra-SOlar Homochirality (SEXSOH).
Alexandra J. MacDermott
"Distinguishing the chiral signature of life in the solar system and beyond", Proc. SPIE 3111, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for the Investigation of Extraterrestrial Microorganisms, (11 July 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.278811
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Alexandra J. MacDermott, "Distinguishing the chiral signature of life in the solar system and beyond," Proc. SPIE 3111, Instruments, Methods, and Missions for the Investigation of Extraterrestrial Microorganisms, (11 July 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.278811