DNA Double Helix as a Torsionally Coherent Waveguide: Long-Range Quantum Coherence at Biological Temperatures in G-MaTT

Abstract Experimental studies have demonstrated long-range electron transfer, excitonic coherence, and phonon shielding in DNA at physiological temperatures (~310 K), phenomena difficult to reconcile with thermal decoherence in conventional condensed matter models. Within the Generalized Mass as Twisted Time (G-MaTT) framework, we propose that the DNA double helix functions as a torsionally coherent waveguide: a macroscopic phase-coherent channel in the emergent mass-torsion field \(\hat{M}_\mu\). Electrons and excitons propagate as topological phase gradients along synchronized \(\hat{M}_\mu\)-knots formed by the chiral sugar-phosphate backbones and π-stacked bases, experiencing topological protection from scattering. Coherence is actively maintained not by low temperature, but by enzymatic activity and metabolic energy (helicases, topoisomerases, proton gradients) that reset phase slips before they exceed the Twist-Untwist Threshold (\(|\Delta\phi| < \sqrt{\alpha}\), where \(\alpha^{-1} = 137.035999206\)). This mechanism accounts for observed coherence over tens to hundreds of base pairs, predicts sequence-dependent coherence variations, and links genetic information processing to pre-geometric physics. The model is falsifiable through conductance measurements, sequence-specific electron transfer rates, intercalator disruption studies, and temperature-dependent coherence thresholds.