Abstract
A theoretical model of propagation in the cytoplasm of self-consistent electromagnetic waves of the millimeter-infrared range has been developed, cytoplasmic ions surrounded by water “coats” being the main carriers of these waves. It has been discovered that not only own long-wavelength transverse oscillations, but also longitudinal waves that cannot leave the cytoplasm can exist in tissues of living organisms. Frequencies and logarithmic decrements of such perturbations have been found, and it is shown that these frequencies are close to those of ion oscillations inside the “coats.” Passage of laser radiation in bioobjects at the indicated frequencies has been analyzed, revealing bands of body impenetrability for waves. A new mechanism of swinging of cytoplasm own oscillations is proposed, based on the existence of an extreme border of the ion movement area. It has been shown that with this mechanism, the electric field amplitude for the longitudinal waves is six to seven orders of magnitude greater than the Planck fluctuation level.
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Original Russian Text © V.L. Sizonenko, 2012, published in Biofizika, 2012, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 621–626.