Miller-Urey synthesis in the nuclei of galaxies

Citation
Nc. Wickramasinghe et F. Hoyle, Miller-Urey synthesis in the nuclei of galaxies, ASTRO SP SC, 259(1), 1998, pp. 99-103
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
0004640X → ACNP
Volume
259
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
99 - 103
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1998)259:1<99:MSITNO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The most promising venues for the synthesis of prebiotic molecules by Mille r-Urey type processes may be found near the centres of galaxies. Explosions of supermassive stars would produce the basic chemical elements necessary to make molecules in high-density mass flows that are then acted upon by io nizing radiation, thus simulating the conditions needed for Miller-Urey typ e processing.