Coherent Quantum Electrodynamics in Living Matter

Abstract

Living systems cannot be thermal systems, but instead are coherent systems. The dynamic origin of coherence is discussed in the case of electromagnetically coupled particles. Permanent nonvanishing electromagnetic fields are shown to be present but trapped in the coherent systems. The dynamics of enzymes is sketched as an outcome of the coherent electromagnetic structure of living matter. The emergence of bound water is analyzed. Circulation of ions is shown to be driven by the Josephson effect. Ion cyclotron resonance briefly is discussed.

Keywords:

• Coherence
• Coherent oscillations
• Dispersive forces
• Ion cyclotron resonance (ICR)
• Josephson effect
• Quantum electrodynamics (QED)

Notes

¹Excitation energies lower than the gap can be accepted by the system as a whole giving rise to coherent excited state.

²We disregard here for simplicity the damping factors Γ_j and Γ_k, since they are nonvanishing, a potentially infinite term becomes very large.