Do Field-Free Electromagnetic Potentials Play a Role in Biology?

• Published in: Electromagnetic biology and medicine Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 135 - 147
• Main Authors: Szasz, A., Vincze, G., Andocs, G., Szasz, O.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Informa UK Ltd 2009; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: 1/f noise; Biological Phenomena; Electromagnetic Phenomena; Electromagnetic potentials; Field-free action; Fluctuations; Humans; Models, Biological
• ISSN: 1536-8378; 1536-8386; 1536-8386
• DOI: 10.1080/15368370802711938

All bio-systems are imperfect dielectrics. Their general properties however cannot be described by conventional simple electrodynamics; the system is more complex. A central question in our present paper is centered on a controversial debate of the possible effect of the zero fields (only potentials exist). We show that the identical use of the "field-free," "curl-free," and "force-free" terminologies is incorrect, there have definitely different meanings. It is shown that the effective electro-dynamical parameters that describe and modify living systems are the potentials and not the fields. We discuss how the potentials have a role in biological processes even in field-free cases.