Biophotons: New Experimental Data and Analysis
Biophotons are an ultra-weak emission of photons in the visible energy range from living matter. In this work, we study the emission from germinating seeds using an experimental technique designed to detect light of extremely small intensity. The emission from lentil seeds and single bean was analyz...
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| author | Maurizio Benfatto Elisabetta Pace Ivan Davoli Roberto Francini Fabio De Matteis Alessandro Scordo Alberto Clozza Luca De Paolis Catalina Curceanu Paolo Grigolini |
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| description | Biophotons are an ultra-weak emission of photons in the visible energy range from living matter. In this work, we study the emission from germinating seeds using an experimental technique designed to detect light of extremely small intensity. The emission from lentil seeds and single bean was analyzed during the whole germination process in terms of the different spectral components through low pass filters and the different count distributions in the various stages of the germination process. Although the shape of the emission spectrum appears to be very similar in the two samples used in our experiment, our analysis can highlight the differences present in the two cases. In this way, it was possible to correlate the various types of emissions to the degree of development of the seed during germination. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96764fb2c0134767b4b521b555157bb32023-11-19T16:24:48ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002023-10-012510143110.3390/e25101431Biophotons: New Experimental Data and AnalysisMaurizio Benfatto0Elisabetta Pace1Ivan Davoli2Roberto Francini3Fabio De Matteis4Alessandro Scordo5Alberto Clozza6Luca De Paolis7Catalina Curceanu8Paolo Grigolini9Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Via E. Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, ItalyLaboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Via E. Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, ItalyDipartimento di Fisica, Università di “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00133 Rome, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico, 00133 Rome, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico, 00133 Rome, ItalyLaboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Via E. Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, ItalyLaboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Via E. Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, ItalyLaboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Via E. Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, ItalyLaboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Via E. Fermi 40, 00044 Frascati, ItalyCenter for Nonlinear Science, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USABiophotons are an ultra-weak emission of photons in the visible energy range from living matter. In this work, we study the emission from germinating seeds using an experimental technique designed to detect light of extremely small intensity. The emission from lentil seeds and single bean was analyzed during the whole germination process in terms of the different spectral components through low pass filters and the different count distributions in the various stages of the germination process. Although the shape of the emission spectrum appears to be very similar in the two samples used in our experiment, our analysis can highlight the differences present in the two cases. In this way, it was possible to correlate the various types of emissions to the degree of development of the seed during germination.https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/25/10/1431biophotonscomplexitydata analysis |
| spellingShingle | Maurizio Benfatto Elisabetta Pace Ivan Davoli Roberto Francini Fabio De Matteis Alessandro Scordo Alberto Clozza Luca De Paolis Catalina Curceanu Paolo Grigolini Biophotons: New Experimental Data and Analysis Entropy biophotons complexity data analysis |
| title | Biophotons: New Experimental Data and Analysis |
| title_full | Biophotons: New Experimental Data and Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Biophotons: New Experimental Data and Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biophotons: New Experimental Data and Analysis |
| title_short | Biophotons: New Experimental Data and Analysis |
| title_sort | biophotons new experimental data and analysis |
| topic | biophotons complexity data analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/25/10/1431 |
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