This is a paper I had missed from 2024 by Nathan Babcock et al, which is interesting. It demonstrates evidence for Tryptophan/microtubule network Superradiance; Long-lived coherence even in thermal disorder; And scaling of Superradiance with Microtubule (MT) length and number:
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936
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[Explanatory note about Superradiance: it is a quantum optical phenomenon where a group of excited atoms or molecules, coherently coupled through their interaction with a common electromagnetic field, collectively emit photons at an enhanced rate compared to independent emission. This cooperative effect, first described by Robert H. Dicke in 1954, arises due to the synchronized behavior of the emitters, leading to a radiation intensity proportional to the square of the number of emitters (N²), rather than the linear dependence (N) seen in spontaneous emission. Key features:
Coherence: The emitters act as a single quantum system, creating a macroscopic dipole moment.
Enhanced emission: The emission rate can be significantly faster than that of individual atoms, often by a factor of N.
Applications: Seen in systems like atomic clouds, quantum dots, or Bose-Einstein condensates; relevant to lasers, quantum computing, and astrophysical phenomena like black hole superradiance.]
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This adds more evidence of suitable natural isolation in the ‘…warm wet brain…’ for quantum coherent processing.
When taken together with Mikheenko’s work showing Meissner-like expulsion of magnetic fields by hydrated MTs – suggesting a superconducting-like shielding mechanism against electromagnetic decoherence, enhancing the survival of quantum effects at high temperatures.
And Bandyopadhyay’s work on hydrated MT’s showing their ridiculously low metal-like 1-ohm resistance at 8 MHz, which crucially was found to be both insensitive to changes in temperature and MT length, again, indicating superconducting-like properties.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c07936
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[Explanatory note about Superradiance: it is a quantum optical phenomenon where a group of excited atoms or molecules, coherently coupled through their interaction with a common electromagnetic field, collectively emit photons at an enhanced rate compared to independent emission. This cooperative effect, first described by Robert H. Dicke in 1954, arises due to the synchronized behavior of the emitters, leading to a radiation intensity proportional to the square of the number of emitters (N²), rather than the linear dependence (N) seen in spontaneous emission. Key features:
Coherence: The emitters act as a single quantum system, creating a macroscopic dipole moment.
Enhanced emission: The emission rate can be significantly faster than that of individual atoms, often by a factor of N.
Applications: Seen in systems like atomic clouds, quantum dots, or Bose-Einstein condensates; relevant to lasers, quantum computing, and astrophysical phenomena like black hole superradiance.]
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This adds more evidence of suitable natural isolation in the ‘…warm wet brain…’ for quantum coherent processing.
When taken together with Mikheenko’s work showing Meissner-like expulsion of magnetic fields by hydrated MTs – suggesting a superconducting-like shielding mechanism against electromagnetic decoherence, enhancing the survival of quantum effects at high temperatures.
And Bandyopadhyay’s work on hydrated MT’s showing their ridiculously low metal-like 1-ohm resistance at 8 MHz, which crucially was found to be both insensitive to changes in temperature and MT length, again, indicating superconducting-like properties.
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.