摘要翻译：
理解生命的热力学功能可能会揭示它的起源。生命就像所有不可逆的过程一样，取决于熵的产生。熵产是衡量自然界探索可用微状态的趋势的速率。在生物圈中产生熵的最重要的不可逆过程是吸收阳光并将其转化为热量，从而促进了这一探索。在这里，我们假设生命是作为浅海表面吸收和耗散阳光的催化剂而开始并持续到今天的。由此产生的热量随后被其他不可逆转的过程有效地收集，如水循环、飓风、海洋和风流。RNA和DNA是所有已知分子中吸收可能穿透致密的早期大气的强烈紫外光的最有效的分子，在液态水存在的情况下，它们将这种光转化为热的速度非常快。从这个角度来看，生命的起源和演化离不开水和水循环，可以理解为地球在与太阳环境相互作用中增加熵产生的自然热力学要求的结果。提出了一种不需要酶的RNA和DNA的复制机制，通过紫外光耗散和益生元地球的环境条件来促进RNA和DNA的复制。
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英文标题：
《Thermodynamic Origin of Life》
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作者：
K. Michaelian
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最新提交年份：
2010
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分类信息：

一级分类：Physics        物理学
二级分类：General Physics        普通物理学
分类描述：Description coming soon
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一级分类：Physics        物理学
二级分类：Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics        大气与海洋物理
分类描述：Atmospheric and oceanic physics and physical chemistry, biogeophysics, and climate science
大气和海洋物理和物理化学，生物地球物理和气候科学
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一级分类：Quantitative Biology        数量生物学
二级分类：Other Quantitative Biology        其他定量生物学
分类描述：Work in quantitative biology that does not fit into the other q-bio classifications
不适合其他q-bio分类的定量生物学工作
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英文摘要：
  Understanding the thermodynamic function of life may shed light on its origin. Life, as are all irreversible processes, is contingent on entropy production. Entropy production is a measure of the rate of the tendency of Nature to explore available microstates. The most important irreversible process generating entropy in the biosphere, and thus facilitating this exploration, is the absorption and transformation of sunlight into heat. Here we hypothesize that life began, and persists today, as a catalyst for the absorption and dissipation of sunlight at the surface of shallow seas. The resulting heat is then efficiently harvested by other irreversible processes such as the water cycle, hurricanes, and ocean and wind currents. RNA and DNA are the most efficient of all known molecules for absorbing the intense ultraviolet light that could have penetrated the dense early atmosphere, and are remarkably rapid in transforming this light into heat in the presence of liquid water. From this perspective, the origin and evolution of life, inseparable from water and the water cycle, can be understood as resulting from the natural thermodynamic imperative of increasing the entropy production of the Earth in its interaction with its solar environment. A mechanism is proposed for the reproduction of RNA and DNA without the need for enzymes, promoted instead through UV light dissipation and the ambient conditions of prebiotic Earth.
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PDF链接：
https://arxiv.org/pdf/0907.0042