title: Ion parametric resonance: resolving the signal-to-noise-ratio paradox.
abstract: Lednev's (1991) "possible mechanisms for the influence of weak magnetic fields on biological system" involved two parallel magnetic fields, one constant and one oscillatory in the ELF (extremely low-frequency) range. The suggested ion resonances (IPR) were termed "impossible" by Adair (1992, 1997, 1998) even after they were demonstrated in a rat-nerve (PC-12) cell culture by Blackman et al. (1994). The "signal-to-noise-ratio" paradox (introduced by the author) is resolved by taking account of the coherent absorption of the ELF energy and showing how the energy of several trillion ELF photons can free a single ion from its trap on the surface of a cell of the culture.
authors: Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA. sxm9@po.cwru.edu
authors: Stefan
authors: S
authors: Machlup
mesh_terms: D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena / Q000528:radiation effects*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D007477:Ions / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D011829:Radiation Dosage
chemical_list: D007477:Ions