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Collective Properties of Biological Systems

Solitons and Coherent Electric Waves in a Quantum Field Theoretical Approach

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We present a dynamical scheme for biological systems. We use methods and techniques of quantum field theory since our analysis is at a microscopic molecular level. Davydov solitons on biomolecular chains and coherent electric dipole waves are described as collective dynamical modes. Electric polarization waves predicted by Fröhlich are identified with the Goldstone massless modes of the theory with spontaneous breakdown of the dipole-rotational symmetry. Self-organization, dissipativity, and stability of biological systems appear as observable manifestations of the microscopic quantum dynamics.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università, Via Celoria, 16-20133, Milano, Italy

    Emilio Del Giudice, Silvia Doglia & Marziale Milani

  2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sez. di Milano, Italy

    Emilio Del Giudice & Marziale Milani

  3. Gruppo Nazionale di Struttura della Materia del C.N.R., Milano, Italy

    Silvia Doglia

  4. Dipartimento di Fisica dell’Università, 84100, Salerno, Italy

    Giuseppe Vitiello

  5. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sez. di Napoli, Italy

    Giuseppe Vitiello

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Del Giudice, E., Doglia, S., Milani, M., Vitiello, G. (1986). Collective Properties of Biological Systems. In: Gutmann, F., Keyzer, H. (eds) Modern Bioelectrochemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2105-7_9

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