Interference of Ion Quantum States Within a Protein Explains Weak Magnetic Field's Effect on Biosystems

Abstract

A consistent physical model is proposed that explains weak ELF magnetic field effects on biological systems. An interference is described of quantum states of bound ions in protein cavities for the first time. The ion quantum dynamics is investigated at idealized case in the colinear static and alternating magnetic fields. There is taken into account a nuclear spin of ion and a nonlinear protein response on redistribution of the ion probability density. A formula is developed for the magnetic-dependent part of an ion-protein dissociation probability. Typical frequency and amplitude spectra are calculated for the interference in various magnetic conditions including the “magnetic vacuum” and compared with the known experimental data.