Will recently proposed experiments be able to demonstrate quantum behavior of entire living organisms?
General Physics
2009-12-15 v1 Popular Physics
Abstract
Recently proposed experiments consider creating and observing the quantum superposition of small living organisms. Those proposed experiments are examined here for feasibility on the basis of results of earlier studies identifying a boundary separating obligatory classical behavior from quantum behavior. It appears that the proposed experiments may be expected to succeed for the case of viruses, but most probably fail for the case of the appreciably larger organisms that are also considered.
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@article{arxiv.0912.2455,
title = {Will recently proposed experiments be able to demonstrate quantum behavior of entire living organisms?},
author = {C. L. Herzenberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.2455},
year = {2009}
}
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