1110.3932 (Mohammad Bahrami et al.)

Optical Activity, Hund Paradox, and Molecular Parity Violation    [PDF]

Mohammad Bahrami, Afshin Shafiee

We study the problem of stability of optical activity, also known as Hund
paradox, in a two-dimensional approximation of a double-well potential. We
discuss how the introduction of molecular parity violation breaks the symmetry
of the potential. By using a dynamical approach, we show how this effect
modifies the dynamics and can stabilize the chiral states for some molecules.

View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1110.3932