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THERMODYNAMIC AND TOPOLOGICAL CONSTRAINTS ON BIOLOGICAL QUANTUM PROCESSING

Rowan Brad Quni-Gudzinas

Published Dec 19, 2025• 0 citations
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This study establishes a rigorous quantitative boundary between engineered quantum systems and biological matter, defined by the thermodynamic cost of information protection. By benchmarking the 2025 Google “Willow” superconducting processor—which requires cryogenic isolation (20 mK) and active error correction to achieve a logical coherence time of 291 μs—against the biological requirement of 25 ms at 310 K, we identify a protection deficit of approximately $10^{12}$. We demonstrate that standard gravitational collapse models (Orch OR) are falsified by radiative constraints ($R_0$ limits) from underground experiments. Consequently, we propose and validate a hybrid architecture: nuclear spin memory (Posner molecules) stabilized by cytoskeletal chaperones, linked by chiral spintronic wires (microtubules), and read out via spin-gated ion channels. This model satisfies all physical constraints and is corroborated by recent experimental evidence of lithium isotope fractionation in calcium phosphate chemistry.

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10.5281/zenodo.17989524

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