  Kibble and Zurek proposed that rapid symmetry breaking transitions in the
hot, early universe could result in causally disconnected topological defects
such as cosmic strings. This type of first order transition has analogues in
certain second order transitions present in condensed matter such as liquid
crystals, super fluids, and charge density waves in terms of flux tubes or
vortices. Recently, we discovered that Rhodopseudomonas acidophilus
photosynthetic light harvesting complex might have different types of coherent
ground and excited states, suggesting that there are two different symmetry
breaking transitions. The B 850 ground states comprise eight identical rings
each containing 18 bacteriochlorophyll components, and each ring has undergone
a Bose Einstein phase transition to a charge density wave that lowers the
energy. The excited state coherence results from polariton formation from the
non-crossing of bosons, here an extension of exciton theory. The result is
short-lived quasi-particles with very low mass that can form an unusual BEC. We
suggest the oriented, circular B 850 and enclosed singlet B 875 compounds
create a new cavity structure with some attributes of a nano pillar. Since both
the ground and excited states should contain solitons, we envisage three fast
light pulse experiments could be able to map both the Kibble Zurek Model phase
transitions and energy transfers as a function of light intensity and time in
this complex at room temperature.
