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Quantum biology. Light harvesting and magnetoreception Tagged papers: 27.
Thoughts as Quantum-Informational Hamiltonians: Coherence and Capacity Constraints on a Two-Phase Pre-Geometric Model of Cognition
A standing puzzle in neuroscience and quantum biology is whether any quantum degree of freedom in a warm, wet brain can remain coherent long enough to play a computational role, and no existing framework connects such receptor-scale coherence to any proposal about how spacetime itself emerges. We…
Relaxation in Noisy Quantum Maps versus Classical Iterative Algorithms: A Shared Decay Law with a Divergent Semiclassical Limit
Operators of hybrid classical-quantum compute facilities must decide, before any hardware is committed, whether a relaxation-type workload converges faster as a classical stationary iteration on a CPU cluster or as a repeatedly applied noisy quantum map on a quantum co-processor; no side-by-side…
The Base State Hypothesis: A Falsification Protocol for a Substrate Capable of Hosting the Standard Model, Audited Against Contemporary Quantum Platforms
We formalize the question of whether a single, explicitly constructible quantum object — a "Base State" — could serve as a substrate on which the structure of the Standard Model is hosted, rather than the Standard Model being assembled from particle-like primitives on a qubit-gate substrate. A Base…
Re-Entry of Non-Markovian Boson-Mediated Transport into Light-Harvesting Complexes: A Timescale-Based Applicability Analysis
A recent framework for non-Markovian Hamiltonian dynamics of boson-mediated energy transfer (QNFO, https://papers.qnfo.org/papers/non-markovian-hamiltonian-dynamics-of-boson-mediated-energy-transfer/) was developed for generic bosonic transport networks. This paper asks whether that framework…
Error Correction Properties of Covariant Bosonic Encodings: A Quantitative Assessment
Bosonic modes provide a hardware‑efficient substrate for quantum error correction (QEC) because logical information can be encoded in continuous‑variable states with built‑in symmetries. Recent work introduced a representation‑theoretic framework in which a physical representation of a finite group,…
Beyond Pure Dephasing: A Quantitative Analysis of Two-Level Error Correction for Multi-Spin Molecular Qubits
Molecular spin systems exhibit a natural hierarchy of decoherence channels: fast pure dephasing (characterized by the transverse relaxation time T₂) and comparatively slow energy relaxation (characterized by T₁). A recent proposal argues that fault-tolerant quantum computing with molecules requires…
Projective Braid Group Representations from a Microscopic Long-Range Kitaev Chain
We construct an explicit projective representation of the braid group from the microscopic Hilbert space of a Kitaev chain extended with algebraically decaying long-range hopping and pairing. The construction proceeds in three steps. First, we identify the topological phase of the long-range Kitaev…
Information-theoretic Limits on Programmatic Specification of Biological Systems
Shows via information theory that an organism does not contain enough organism-specific information to specify its own microscopic organization. The genome is a generator specification (not trajectory program). Establishes coarse-graining threshold with dual Hartley/Shannon entropy faces.
The Adelic ZBW Programme: ZBW-Majorana Hypothesis, Ostrowski-QEC Synthesis, and Cross-Programme Consilience
The structural underdetermination of the position operator in relativistic quantum mechanics -- manifested at the Archimedean place as zitterbewegung (the Newton-Wigner no-go) and at p-adic places as a discrete Bruhat-Tits observable -- arises from a single representation-theoretic origin: the…
Zitterbewegung: From Archimedean Puzzle to Adelic Observable
The structural underdetermination of the position operator in relativistic quantum mechanics arises from a single representation-theoretic origin: the Silent Parameter Principle. SU(2) and Z2^x share identical fusion rules at matching levels. The 2-adic ZBW frequency deviates from the Archimedean…
Project Rosetta: The Approximation Entropy & The Fractal Limits of Digital Physics — v2.0
V2.0 / Rosetta v4.0 with Planck-Radix Correction + Qudit Manifesto. Corrects V1.0: transmon spectrum IS discrete (Planck quantization), binary truncation is a radix error not physics error. Transmon is a qudit (d~12), not a qubit. S_Base = ln(d/2) ~ 1.79 nats. 11-page PDF.
Quantum Coherence in Photosystem II: Environment-Assisted Transport and the Role of Vibronic Coupling in Biological Light-Harvesting
Review of quantum coherence in PSII light-harvesting, ENAQT, vibronic coupling.
Cryptochrome Magnetoreception: The Radical Pair Mechanism and Its Implications for Quantum Biology
Review of radical pair mechanism in cryptochrome and avian magnetoreception.
Monistic Reality
This paper presents a monistic reality framework that unifies fundamental physics, consciousness, and collective intelligence within a single mathematical architecture. This framework posits that reality is fundamentally a pre-geometric informational substrate structured as a Hamiltonian…
Knowing Patterns: An Epistemology for People Tired of Being Fixed
No steps. No habits to install. No “mindset shifts” to practice until they stick. No journaling prompts. Descriptions of how patterns work. In physics. In biology. In the daily motion of attention, mood, action, and thought. Descriptions of what a “thing” actually is (a temporary knot of relations)…
Quantitative Simulation of the Brain's Cognitive Architecture
The human brain seamlessly integrates noisy local inputs into a globally consistent percept, a phenomenon that Euclidean models struggle to adequately explain. Theoretical physics suggests that frustrated complex systems settle into hierarchical equilibria characterized by ultrametric topologies.…
Quantum Brain Dynamics
URL: https://papers.qnfo.org/papers/quantum-brain-dynamics-and-superdeterminism/ Date: 2026-03-11 Version: 1.0 Historically, scientists viewed the human mind as a purely chemical and electrical machine operating under standard thermodynamic laws. This classical model defines the brain as a complex…
Superdeterministic Amplification of Macroscopic Neural State Vectors
The historical consensus in biophysics has long maintained that the human brain is a strictly classical thermodynamic system, arguing that the “warm, wet, and noisy” biological environment forces rapid quantum decoherence. However, emerging theoretical models and empirical anomalies in quantum…
KINETIC ISOMORPHISM
The schism between the time-reversible, unitary laws of quantum mechanics and the irreversible, adaptive nature of biological systems constitutes a central failure of modern ontology. We propose the kinetic isomorphism, a unified theoretical framework demonstrating that “static” matter and “active”…
Coherent Tunneling
Standard biological paradigms conceptualize the organism as a stochastic chemical engine governed by reaction-diffusion kinetics. However, this classical view fails to account for the thermodynamic anomaly of living matter, which sustains macroscopic order against the entropic decay of the…
Hydrodynamic Gating of Nuclear Spin Coherence v2
Standard neurobiological models assume the mammalian brain is too warm and wet to sustain macroscopic quantum states, creating a “thermal wall” that seemingly precludes quantum cognition. However, the “viscosity paradox” of the cytoplasm reveals that while the cellular interior is structurally…
THERMODYNAMIC AND TOPOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON BIOLOGICAL QUANTUM PROCESSING
This study establishes a rigorous quantitative boundary between engineered quantum systems and biological matter, defined by the thermodynamic cost of information protection. By benchmarking the 2025 Google “Willow” superconducting processor—which requires cryogenic isolation (20 mK) and active…
Connecting Geometrogenesis and Biogenesis
A grand conjecture in foundational science posits a deep connection between the emergence of spacetime (geometrogenesis) and the evolution of life (biogenesis), rooted in a shared quantum-informational substrate. However, a direct test of this conjecture is currently computationally and…
Hamiltonian Dynamics as the Engine of Biological Computation
This study investigates the physical basis of biological computation, focusing on the tension between static structuralism and dynamic evolution. Utilizing a Hamiltonian formulation of the Kuramoto model, we simulate a biological reservoir to rigorously evaluate the relationship between “Scale…
Non-Markovian Hamiltonian Dynamics of Boson-Mediated Energy Transfer
Photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes exhibit near-unity quantum efficiency at physiological temperatures, a phenomenon that defies classical thermodynamic expectations and challenges standard quantum decoherence models. This “warm quantum” behavior suggests that biological systems have evolved…
Nature of Zitterbewegung
Zitterbewegung, a profound and counterintuitive prediction of relativistic quantum mechanics, describes an intrinsic property of fundamental matter lacking a direct classical counterpart. This phenomenon challenges conventional notions of particle motion, revealing a deeper layer of reality governed…
(Imperfectly) Defining Reality: Our Human Quest to Construct Reality from Science
This inherent drive within the scientific method, particularly as it solidified during the Enlightenment and the subsequent rise of positivism, prioritizes the operationalization and quantification of phenomena. The need for repeatable experiments, shared understanding among researchers, and the…
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