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Biophoton Emission
(1) Coherence of biophotons and biophotonic communication

By using the double chamber measuring system synchronous photon emission from sample A and sample B when they can "see" each other by opening the shutter between the two sample chambers has been observed. The synchronism can not be explained simply in terms of physical light scattering but of an electromagnetic interaction that takes part in communication between the two samples.

By using the coincidence counting system( CCS), the following preliminary results were shown :

(A). Distribution of measured coincidences of sample A and sample B follows theoretical Posson distribution rather than geometrical one for both cases of the shutter opened and closed suggesting that they are random mere coherent than caotic. However there are some differences between the case of the shutter opened and closed. All perturbations were shown to influence sensitively the Possonian distribution , resulting in some deviation. Under some disturbances the photon sources still can keep the Possonian distribution although with some deviation, but some perturbations can destroy the Possonian distribution. (1996 Conference of Neuss). (B). Some samples show that the measured coincidence deviates to a higher value than the random coincidence when the shutter opened whereas deviates to lower when the shutter closed. By changing measuring parameters, this phenomenon can become more identical.( 1997 Conference of Neuss).
(2) Photon emission from nerve cells
It has been shown that photon emission from embryonic chick brains and brain cells was related to the developmental stages and the environmental conditions. Suspended brain cells prepared from a intact brain without any chemical treatment were showed to have a higher intensity than was the intact brain. After white light illumination, a short-life delayed emission from intact brains and brain cells was observed, and the relaxation behavior follows a hyperbolic rather than an exponential law. The detected photon emission should be explained as the existence of a non-localized coherent field within the measuring system and also should be comprehended in a manner of the interactions between the intrinsic fields within the living systems and their environmental external fields (1995 Chinese Science Bulletin, 1996 Science in China). Major Publications on this field: (1) Zhang,J.Z.,Yu,W.D., Sun,T. and F.A. Popp(1997): Spontaneous and light-induced photon emission from intact brains of chick embryos, Science in China ( Series C) 40(1), 44-51

(2)Chang,J.J.,F.A.Popp, and W.D.Yu,(1995): Communication between Dinoflagellates by Means of Photon Emission. in " Proceedings of International Conference on Non-equilibrium and Coherent Systems in Biophysics, Biology and Biotechnology. Sep. 28-Oct.2. 1994, Moscow.eds,L.V. Beloussov and F.A. Popp, Bioinform Services Co. Russia, 1995,p318-330.

(3)Yu,W.D.,J.J.Chang,(1995): Studies on the Development of Embryonic Chicken Brain Cells by means of Photon Emission, Chinese Science Bulletin,40:1317-1321

(4) Zhang,J.Z.,F.A.Popp, and W.D.Yu,(1995): Research on Cell Communication of P.elegans by Means of Photon Emission. Chines Science Bulletin. 40:76-79

(5) Zhang,J.Z.,W.D.Yu and F.A.Popp,(1994): Studies on Photon Eission from P.elegance Induced by Electrical Stimulation. Sinica Acta biophys. Sinica 10:641-644 (in Chinese with English abstract)

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