Holographic quantum photosynthesis and black holes

We apply the holographic approach to photosynthesis that is an important example of nontrivial quantum phenomena relevant for life which is being studied in the emerging field of quantum biology. We use the holographic approach to evaluate the time dependence of entanglement entropy and quantum mutual information in the Fenna- Matthews-Olson (FMO) light-harvesting complex in bacteria during the transfer of an excitation from an antenna to a reaction center. We show that the time evolution of the mutual information simulating the GKS-L open quantum systems master equation for the FMO complex in some cases can be obtained by means of a dual gravity describing black hole formation in the AdS-Vaidya spacetime.

The talk is based on the joint work with I. Arefeva, arXiv:1603.09107v2.