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Thursday, July 09, 2026

Could expolanet K2-18b serve as a seat of life in TGD Universe?

I have just developed a model for the evolution of geology and biology of Earth and this leads to a criterion for whether life can evolve on the planet (or moon) (see this). The criterion relies heavily on new physics predicted by TGD. The margin is very narrow. The criterion is rather tight and not satisfied for planets with too large Schwartschild radius to radius, for instance giant gas planets of the Earth.
  1. The p-adic transition k=139→ k=137 from ordinary atomic physics to scaled down atomic physics (for which Mills has found evidence), having 4 times higher atomic binding energy scale than ordinary atomic physics, would reduce the atomic radius by factor 1/2 and increase the density by factor 8. This transition would induce scaling of the radius of Earth by factor 1/2 and subsequent Cambrian Explosion in which it increases by factor 2. This transition would bring life from underground oceans to the surface of the Earth.
  2. The liberated atomic and gravitational binding energies make it possible in the case of Earth to throw out a surface layer condensing to form the Moon and metabolic energy burst generating dark atoms, analogous to Rydberg atoms with very large size, making possible large scale quantum coherence inside Earth. This generates p-Adic length scales, which correspond to biologically important scales. Large scale quantum coherence makes possible the evolution of life in the interior of the Earth. The condition that the CE in which expansion to the original radius occurs, can take place requires that gravitational binding energy per proton is larger than the atomic binding energy. This gives for the lower bound of atomic weight A as A>.3 which is satisfied.
The recently found exoplanet K2-18b is regarded as a candidate for a seat of life. In particular, there are indications that it has water at its surface. Its distance is 124 light years. Its radius and mass are R=2.61RE and M= 8.6ME. This gives rs/R= 8.6/2.61∼ 3.3. The condition for A in the case of the Earth is scaled up from A>.3 to estimate A>.99 satisfied already for hydrogen atoms. K2-18b would be just at the border line but the condition making possible the expansion and burst of life to the surface of K2-18b, would be satisfied.

See the article Could the notions of quantum geology and quantum biology make sense? or the chapter with the same title.

For a summary of earlier postings see Latest progress in TGD.

For the lists of articles (most of them published in journals founded by Huping Hu) and books about TGD see this.

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