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Non-Equilibrium Quantum Entanglement in Biological Systems |
| LI Hong-Rong1**,ZHANG Pei1,GAO Hong1,BI Wen-Ting2,ALAMRI M. D.3,LI Fu-Li1 |
1Department of Applied Physics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049
2School of Microelectronics, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071
3The National Centre for Mathematics and Physics, KACST, PO BOX 6086, Riyadh, 11442, Saudi Arabia |
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LI Hong-Rong, ZHANG Pei, GAO Hong et al 2012 Chin. Phys. Lett. 29 047101 |
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Abstract A non-equilibrium model of a classically driven quantum harmonic oscillator is proposed to explain persistent quantum entanglement in biological systems at ambient temperature. The conditions for periodic entanglement generation are derived. Our results support the evidence that biological systems may have quantum entanglement at biological temperatures.
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Received: 17 November 2011
Published: 04 April 2012
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71.35.-y
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(Excitons and related phenomena)
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03.65.Ud
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(Entanglement and quantum nonlocality)
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03.65.Yz
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(Decoherence; open systems; quantum statistical methods)
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