title: Do field-free electromagnetic potentials play a role in biology?
abstract: All bio-systems are imperfect dielectrics. Their general properties however cannot be described by conventional simple electrodynamics; the system is more complex. A central question in our present paper is centered on a controversial debate of the possible effect of the zero fields (only potentials exist). We show that the identical use of the "field-free," "curl-free," and "force-free" terminologies is incorrect, there have definitely different meanings. It is shown that the effective electro-dynamical parameters that describe and modify living systems are the potentials and not the fields. We discuss how the potentials have a role in biological processes even in field-free cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnics, St. István University, Budapest, Hungary. Szasz.Andras@gek.szie.hu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szasz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vincze
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andocs
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Szasz
mesh_terms: D001686:Biological Phenomena; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological