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On the “unreasonable” effects of ELF magnetic fields upon a system of ions
Author(s) -
Giudice E. Del,
Fleischmann M.,
Preparata G.,
Talpo G.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.10046
Subject(s) - ion , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , bioelectromagnetics , physics , magnetic field , atomic physics , amplitude , cyclotron , quantum , schumann resonances , spatial coherence , field (mathematics) , quantum mechanics , mathematics , ionosphere , astronomy , pure mathematics
A recent experiment on a physical, nonbiological system of ions at room temperature has proved that microscopic ion currents can be induced by applying simultaneously two parallel magnetic fields, one rather weak static field, $\vec B_0$ and one much weaker alternating field, $\vec B_{ac}$ , [ B ac ∼ 10 −3 B 0 ] whose frequency coincides with the cyclotron frequency $v\, = \,qB_0 /2{\pi}m$ of the selected ion. As a result, ionic bursts lasting up to 20 s and with amplitude up to 10 nA arise. The much larger exchanges of energy induced by thermal agitation (the “kT‐problem”) appear to play no role whatsoever. We have analyzed this problem in the framework of coherent quantum electrodynamics, reaching the following conclusions: (a) as has been shown in previous articles, water molecules in the liquid and solute ions are involved in their ground state in coherent ordered configurations; (b) ions are able to move without collisions among themselves in the interstices between water coherence domains; (c) because of coherence, ions can follow classical orbits in the magnetic fields. A full quantitative understanding of the experiments is thus reached. Bioelectromagnetics 23:522–530, 2002. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.