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Near-Resonant Diurnal Reactions: A Physical Model Applicable To Origin Of Life Processes, Eddwin Budding, Cüneyt Aki, Osman Demi̇rcan, Bülent Gündüz, Güngör Gündüz, Mehmet Emi̇n Özel

Turkish Journal of Physics

We adopt that the large residual chemical potential energy (CPE) among reagents of the biosphere constitutes the key physical problem posed by life. We associate the formation of this CPE with the near-resonant behaviour of a two-stage `A-B' molecular process that behaves as a self-sustaining parametric oscillator. Under suitable conditions, such an oscillator generates CPE when forced by a periodic (daily) insolation. The net growth factor required to explain the current mean excess of biospheric CPE is \sim 5 x 10^{-12} d^{-1}. This aligns with the mean exponential coefficient of secular oxygen generation in the terrestrial atmosphere. It is also …