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Over the possible role of metal atom clusters in cosmochemistry and in the origin of life / Over the possible role of metal atom clusters in cosmochemistry and in the origin of life

We present here the hypothesis of a possible relationship between metal atom clusters and the formation of organic molecules in the interstellar medium and on small bodies as a possible pathway to the origin of such molecules. Two distinct stages are díscussed: a) the possible formation and presence of atom clusters in space and on the primitive Earth, and b) the synthesis of interstellar and terrestrial prebiotic organic molecules, a process in which metalclusters could be the active catalysts. The confirmatíon of these suggestions might be very important in arder to explain the presence of extra-terrestrial organic molecules in the interstellar medium, small bodies and planetary systems, and therefore would have great relevance in cosmochemistry and in the current theories about the origins of life.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:PUCP/oai:tesis.pucp.edu.pe:123456789/100714
Date25 September 2017
CreatorsDioses Castro, Silvio, Korswagen, Richard
PublisherRevista de Química
Source SetsPontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
LanguageEspañol
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArtículo
FormatPDF
SourceRevista de Química; Vol. 6, Núm. 2 (1992); 231-244
RightsArtículo en acceso abierto, Attribution 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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