Protein atom traps as seeing by neutron scattering

TL;DR

This paper develops a quantum multi-well model to explain protein dynamics, proposing proteins as potential atom traps for qubits at higher temperatures, with a simplified parameter approach.

Contribution

It introduces a minimal parameter quantum model for protein dynamics, enabling the use of proteins as atom traps for quantum computing applications.

Findings

The model explains the temperature dependence of protein atomic motion.

Proteins can function as atom traps for qubits at elevated temperatures.

A single-parameter model captures the protein dynamic transitions.

Abstract

The expression for the higher temperature dependence of the mean squared displacement in proteins is obtained. The quantum multi-well model explains the dynamic transitions of the proteins and minimizes the amount of parameters to a single one leading to the few-state harmonic system at low-temperatures, and, thus, justifying the possibility of using proteins as atom traps to control qubits at a bit higher temperatures.