Chiral environment effects on the dynamics of a central chiral molecule
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| author | Martínez-Gil, Daniel Bargueño, Pedro Miret-Artés, Salvador |
| author_facet | Martínez-Gil, Daniel Bargueño, Pedro Miret-Artés, Salvador |
| contents | In this work, we develop a system {\it plus} environment approach for interacting chiral molecules under a quantum-classical description of the spin-spin model using a Caldeira-Leggett-like coupling. After presenting the interacting model, we show that a long-ranged parity-nonconserving interaction, encoded within a non-linear Schrödinger equation, produces an energy difference between the two enantiomers of the central chiral molecule when it interacts with a chiral environment. Three examples of such interactions are considered, with particular focus on $Z^0$-photon vacuum polarization. Finally, we reveal a {\it chirality transmission effect} phenomenon, where the time-averaged population difference of the central molecule is amplified when the chiral asymmetry of the environment is considered. |
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| spellingShingle | Chiral environment effects on the dynamics of a central chiral molecule Martínez-Gil, Daniel Bargueño, Pedro Miret-Artés, Salvador Quantum Physics In this work, we develop a system {\it plus} environment approach for interacting chiral molecules under a quantum-classical description of the spin-spin model using a Caldeira-Leggett-like coupling. After presenting the interacting model, we show that a long-ranged parity-nonconserving interaction, encoded within a non-linear Schrödinger equation, produces an energy difference between the two enantiomers of the central chiral molecule when it interacts with a chiral environment. Three examples of such interactions are considered, with particular focus on $Z^0$-photon vacuum polarization. Finally, we reveal a {\it chirality transmission effect} phenomenon, where the time-averaged population difference of the central molecule is amplified when the chiral asymmetry of the environment is considered. |
| title | Chiral environment effects on the dynamics of a central chiral molecule |
| topic | Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03344 |