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Chiral environment effects on the dynamics of a central chiral molecule

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In this work, we develop a system 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 nonlinear Schr\"odinger 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 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.

Source: Physical Review A

DOI: 10.1103/x577-1nzd

Authors: Daniel Martínez-Gil, Pedro Bargueño, Salvador Miret-Artés

Institutions: University of Alicante, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Física Fundamental

Language: English

Topic: Quantum Mechanics and Applications

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Generalitat Valenciana, Fundación Humanismo y Ciencia

Awards: G2077604819, G2478736931, G6169105830