Nearsightedness of Electronic Matter and the Size of Viruses

TL;DR

This paper proposes that the size of viruses is fundamentally linked to the nearsightedness of electronic matter, bridging quantum physics and biology, and offering insights into multiscale phenomena and the quantum-classical transition.

Contribution

It introduces the idea that electronic matter's nearsightedness determines viral size, connecting quantum physics with biological structures in a novel way.

Findings

Viruses' size correlates with electronic matter's nearsightedness.

The work suggests a universal length scale linking physics and biology.

Implications for understanding quantum-to-classical transition.

Abstract

I conjecture that the nearsightedness of component electronic matter largely determines the size of a virus. These two length scales, one from physics and one from biochemistry, are in fact the same dimension which connects our quantum and everyday worlds. Learning how viruses interact with microscopic molecules and macroscopic biological cells might help us understand the quantum-to-classical transition in general cases of multiscale phenomena.