Amino acid survival in large cometary impacts

Physics & Astronomy

• amino acids 100%
• comets 56%
• asteroids 28%
• solid phases 23%
• aspartic acid 21%
• glutamic acid 19%
• shock heating 18%
• thermal degradation 15%
• impact velocity 14%
• grazing 14%
• organic materials 14%
• availability 12%
• pyrolysis 12%
• suggestion 12%
• delivery 11%
• bombardment 11%
• projectiles 11%
• synthesis 8%
• atmospheres 8%
• radii 7%
• high resolution 7%
• kinetics 7%
• simulation 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• amino acid 79%
• comet 74%
• asteroid 36%
• aspartic acid 24%
• origin of life 23%
• early Earth 22%
• pyrolysis 15%
• grazing 15%
• material 14%
• heating 12%
• degradation 11%
• acid 10%
• kinetics 10%
• atmosphere 10%
• simulation 7%
• modeling 7%
• parameter 5%
• effect 4%