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...) has an intuitive physical interpretation and is also known as '''optical chirality'''. == Optical chirality == ...

[[File:Chirality with hands.svg|300px|thumb|[[Chirality (chemistry)|Chirality]] with hands and two [[enantiomer]]s of a generic [[amino acid]]]] ...le]] is called an ''[[enantiomerism|enantiomer]]'' or is said to exhibit ''chirality'' or [[enantiomerism]]. The term "chiral" comes from the [[Greek language|G ...

...of [[electric current]] along an external [[magnetic field]] induced by [[chirality]] imbalance. [[Fermion|Fermions]] are said to be chiral if they keep a defi ...

...ed [[weak hypercharge]], {{math|''Y''_W}}, which is −1 for all [[Chirality (physics)|left-handed]] leptons.<ref>See table in ...al symmetry]]. This part of the article is best read along with the one on chirality.}} ...

...xiomatic system|mathematical axioms]]. Rather, the definition depends on [[Chirality (physics)|chiral]] phenomena in the physical world, for example the cultura *[[Chirality (mathematics)]] ...

...c radiation)|absorption bands]] of [[optical activity|optically active]] [[chirality (chemistry)|chiral]] molecules. CD [[spectroscopy]] has a wide range of app ...ularly polarized light itself is "chiral", it interacts differently with [[chirality (chemistry)|chiral molecules]]. That is, the two types of circularly polari ...

It can also be thought of as a test for [[Chirality (physics)|chirality]] of a physical phenomenon, in that a parity inversion transforms a phenome ...interactions in [[radioactive decay]] of atomic isotopes to establish the chirality of the weak force. ...

...sion (optics)|wave interaction]] with metallic [[helices]] as artificial [[Chirality (chemistry)|chiral media]] in the early twentieth century. ...|author7=Zheludev, N. I. | title =Metamaterial with negative index due to chirality| journal =Physical Review B| volume =79| page =035407| year =2009| issue =3 ...

==Negative index of refraction due to chirality== ...ath>\epsilon_r</math> and permeability <math>\mu_r</math>, but also on the chirality parameter <math>\kappa</math>, resulting in distinct values for left and ri ...

...4₂, 6₁, 6₂, and 6₃, and the [[chirality (mathematics)|enantiomorphous]] 3₂, 4₃, 6₄ ...

===Helicity and chirality=== {{Main|Helicity (particle physics)|Chirality (physics)}} ...

A rigid body is called [[Chirality (mathematics)|chiral]] if its [[mirror image]] is different in that sense, ...

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...[neutrino]]s have exactly zero mass, as the standard model only contains [[chirality (physics)|left-handed]] neutrinos. With no suitable right-handed partner, i ...

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...tle=Complex organic molecules at metal surfaces: bonding, organisation and chirality |journal=Surface Science Reports |year=2003 |volume=50 |issue=6–8 |pages=20 ...

...rity. The weak interaction is chiral and thus provides a means for probing chirality in physics. In interactions that are symmetric under parity, such as electr ...