We discuss a model of quantum photosynthesis with degeneracy in the light-harvesting system. We consider interaction of excitons in chromophores with light and phonons (vibrations of environment). These interactions have dipole form but are different (are related to non-parallel vectors of "bright" states). We show that this leads to excitation of non-decaying "dark" states. We discuss relation of this model to the known from spectroscopical experiments phenomenon of existence of photonic echo in quantum photosynthesis.
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Kozyrev, S. V., & Volovich, I. V. (2018). Dark States in Quantum Photosynthesis. In Trends in Biomathematics: Modeling, Optimization and Computational Problems (pp. 13–26). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91092-5_2
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