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INTRODUCTION
In this contribution I am going to describe some observations and interpretations of a recently discovered
anomalous phenomenon which we are calling the DNA Phantom Effect in Vitro or the DNA Phantom for short. We
believe this discovery has tremendous significance for the explanation and deeper understandings of the
mechanisms underlying subtle energy phenomena including many of the observed alternative healing phenomena [1,2].
This data also supports the heart intelligence concept and model developed by Doc Lew Childre [3,4]. (See
also contributions by Rollin McCraty and Glen Rein in this volume).
This new phenomenon -- the DNA phantom effect -- was first observed in Moscow at the Russian Academy of
Sciences as a surprise effect during experiments measuring the vibrational modes of DNA in solution using
a sophisticated and expensive "MALVERN" laser photon correlation spectrometer (LPCS) [5]. These
effects were analyzed and interpreted by Gariaev and Poponin [6].
The new feature that makes this discovery distinctly different from many other previously undertaken
attempts to measure and identify subtle energy fields [1] is that the field of the DNA phantom has the
ability to be coupled to conventional electromagnetic fields of laser radiation and as a consequence,
it can be reliably detected and positively identified using standard optical techniques.
Furthermore, it seems very plausible that the DNA phantom effect is an example of subtle energy manifestation
in which direct human influence is not involved. These experimental data provide us not only quantitative
data concerning the coupling constant between the DNA phantom field and the electromagnetic field of
the laser light but also provides qualitative and quantitative information about the nonlinear dynamics
of the phantom DNA fields. Note that both types of data are crucial for the development of a
new unified nonlinear quantum field theory which must include the physical theory of consciousness and
should be based on a precise quantitative background.
RESULTS
The background leading to the discovery of the DNA phantom and a description of the experimental set up
and conditions will be helpful. A block diagram of the laser photon correlation spectrometer used in these
experiments is presented in Figure 1 (below). In each set of experimental measurements with DNA samples,
several double control measurements are performed. These measurements are performed prior to the DNA being
placed in the scattering chamber. When the scattering chamber of the LPCS is void of physical DNA, and neither are there are any
phantom DNA fields present, the autocorrelation function of scattered light looks like the one shown in Figure 2a (below). This
typical control plot represents only background random noise counts of the photomultiplier. Note that the intensity of the
background noise counts is very small and the distribution of the number of counts per channel is close to random.
Figure 2b (below) demonstrates a typical time autocorrelation function when a physical DNA sample is placed in the
scattering chamber, and typically has the shape of an oscillatory and slowly exponentially decaying function.
When the DNA is removed from the scattering chamber, one anticipates that the autocorrelation function
will be the same as before the DNA was placed in the scattering chamber. Surprisingly and counter-intuitively
it turns out that the autocorrelation function measured just after the removal of the DNA from the scattering
chamber looks distinctly different from the one obtained before the DNA was placed in the chamber. Two
examples of the autocorrelation functions measured just after the removal of the physical DNA are shown
in Figures 2c and d. After duplicating this many times and checking the equipment in every conceivable
way, we were forced to accept the working hypothesis that some new field structure is being excited from
the physical vacuum. We termed this the DNA phantom in order to emphasize that its origin is related with
the physical DNA. We have not yet observed this effect with other substances in the chamber. After the
discovery of this effect we began a more rigorous and continuous study of this phenomena. We have found
that, as long as the space in the scattering chamber is not disturbed, we are able to measure this effect
for long periods of time. In several cases we have observed it for up to a month. It is important to emphasize
that two conditions are necessary in order to observe the DNA phantoms. The first is the presence of the
DNA molecule and the second is the exposure of the DNA to weak coherent laser radiation. This last condition
has been shown to work with two different frequencies of laser radiation.
Perhaps the most important finding of these experiments is that they provide an opportunity to study the
vacuum substructure on strictly scientific and quantitative grounds. This is possible due to the phantom
field's intrinsic ability to couple with conventional electromagnetic fields. The value of the coupling
constant between the DNA phantom field and the electromagnetic field of the laser radiation can be estimated
from the intensity of scattered light. The first preliminary set of experiments carried out in Moscow
and Stanford have allowed us to reliably detect the phantom effect; however, more measurements of the
light scattering from the DNA phantom fields are necessary for a more precise determination of the value
of the EMF-DNA phantom field coupling constant.
THEORY
It is fortunate that the experimental data provides us with qualitative and quantitative information about
the nonlinear dynamical properties of the phantom DNA fields. Namely, these experimental data suggest that
localized excitations of DNA phantom fields are long living and can exist in non-moving and slowly propagating
states. This type of behavior is distinctly different from the behavior demonstrated by other well known
nonlinear localized excitations such as solitons which are currently considered to be the best explanation
of how vibrational energy propagates through the DNA.
It is a remarkable and striking coincidence that a new class of localized solutions to anharmonic Fermi-Pasta-Ulam
lattice (FPU) - nonlinear localized excitations (NLE), which have been recently obtained [7], demonstrate
very similar dynamical features to those of the DNA phantom. Nonlinear localized excitations predicted
by the FPU model also have unusually long life-times. Furthermore, they can exist in both stationary
or slowly propagating forms. In Figure 3 , one example of a NLE is shown which
illustrates three stationary localized excitations generated by numerical simulation using the FPU model
[7]. It is worthy to note that this NLE has a surprisingly long life-time. Here, we present only one
of the many possible examples of the patterns for stationary excitations which are theoretically predicted.
Slowly propagating and long lived NLE are also predicted by this theory. Note that the FPU model can
successfully explain the diversity and main features of the DNA phantom dynamical patterns. This model
is suggested as the basis for a more general nonlinear quantum theory which may explain many of the observed
subtle energy phenomena and eventually could provide a physical theory of consciousness.
According to our current hypothesis, the DNA phantom effect may be interpreted as a manifestation
of a new physical vacuum substructure which has been previously overlooked. It appears that this
substructure can be excited from the physical vacuum in a range of energies close to zero energy provided
certain specific conditions are fulfilled which are specified above.
Furthermore, one can suggest that the DNA phantom effect is a specific example of a more general category
of electromagnetic phantom effects [8]. This suggests that the electromagnetic phantom effect
is a more fundamental phenomenon which can be used to explain other observed phantom effects including
the phantom leaf effect and the phantom limb [9].
Dr. Poponin is a quantum physicist who is recognized world wide as a leading expert in
quantum biology, including the nonlinear dynamics of DNA and the interactions of weak electromagnetic fields
with biological systems. He is the Senior Research Scientist at the Institute of Biochemical Physics of
the Russian Academy of Sciences and is currently working with the Institute of HeartMath in a collaborative
research project between IHM and the RAS. He can be contacted at Institute of HeartMath, Research Division,
14700 West Park Ave. Boulder Creek, CA 95006. Phone 408-338-8700, Fax 408-338-1182.
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