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    "abstract": "We discuss possible quantum mechanical aspects of MicroTubules (MT), based on\nrecent developments in quantum physics.We focus on potential mechanisms for\n`energy-loss-free\u0027 transport along the microtubules, which could be considered\nas realizations of Fr\\\"ohlich\u0027s ideas on the r\\^ole of solitons for\nsuperconductivity and/or biological matter. By representing the MT arrangements\nas cavities,we present a novel scenario on the formation of macroscopic (or\nmesoscopic) quantum-coherent states, as a result of the\n(quantum-electromagnetic) interactions of the MT dimers with the surrounding\nmolecules of the ordered water in the interior of the MT cylinders. We suggest\nspecific experiments to test the above-conjectured quantum nature of the\nmicrotubular arrangements inside the cell. These experiments are similar in\nnature to those in atomic physics, used in the detection of the Rabi-Vacuum\ncoupling between coherent cavity modes and atoms. Our conjecture is that a\nsimilar Rabi-Vacuum-splitting phenomenon occurs in the MT case.",
    "arxiv_id": "quant-ph/9708003",
    "authors": [
      "N. E. Mavromatos",
      "D. V. Nanopoulos"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "quant-ph",
      "cond-mat"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1142/S0217979298000326",
    "title": "On Quantum Mechanical Aspects of Microtubules",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9708003"
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