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The ultra weak luminescence of biological systems is a phenomenon which was first measured about 50 years ago [L. Colli and U. Facchini, 1954] and since then has received increasing interest. Notwithstanding the fact that this phenomenon has a very low intensity, variable from about ten to several thousand photons per second per square centimetre, it seems important because experiments show that it depends on the biological state of systems.
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Musumeci, F. (2003). Physical Basis and Applications of Delayed Luminescence. In: Popp, FA., Beloussov, L. (eds) Integrative Biophysics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0373-4_5
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