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Title: Constraints on fundamental physical constants from bio-friendly viscosity and diffusion

Authors: K. Trachenko
Abstract: The problem of understanding fundamental physical constants was discussed in particle physics, astronomy and cosmology. Here, I show that a new insight comes from condensed matter physics and liquid physics in particular: fundamental constants have a bio-friendly window constrained by bio-friendly viscosity and diffusion setting the motion in essential life processes in and across cells. I also show that bounds on viscosity, diffusion and the fundamental velocity gradient in a biochemical machine can all be varied while keeping the fine-structure constant and the proton-to-electron mass ratio intact, with no implication for the production of heavy nuclei in stars. This leads to a conjecture of multiple tuning and an evolutionary mechanism.
Subjects: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft); Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech); High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph); High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
Journal reference: Science Advances 9, eadh9024 (2023)
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh9024
Cite as: arXiv:2302.13618 [cond-mat.soft]
  (or arXiv:2302.13618v3 [cond-mat.soft] for this version)

Submission history

From: Kostya Trachenko [view email]
[v1] Mon, 27 Feb 2023 09:37:35 GMT (30kb,D)
[v2] Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:40:26 GMT (32kb,D)
[v3] Mon, 22 May 2023 15:36:00 GMT (33kb,D)

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