Asymmetric chiral alignment in magnetized plasma turbulence

TL;DR

This paper investigates how multi-species turbulence in magnetized plasmas exhibits symmetry breaking and explores the potential for chiral aggregation of charged molecules in space plasma turbulence.

Contribution

It reveals asymmetric chiral alignment phenomena in plasma turbulence and discusses the implications for chiral molecule aggregation in space environments.

Findings

Symmetry breaking in species alignment with magnetic fields.

Potential for chiral aggregation of charged molecules.

Implications for space plasma chemistry.

Abstract

Multi species turbulence in inhomogeneous magnetised plasmas is found to exhibit symmetry breaking in the dynamical alignment of a third species with the fluctuating electron density and vorticity with respect to the magnetic field direction and the species' relative background gradients. The possibility of truly chiral aggregation of charged molecules in magnetized space plasma turbulence is discussed.