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A very interesting article.
In particular, it may take me sometime to understand the statement:
At first, I thought this was going to be an article relating to "negative energy." But, they are talking about a negative absolute temperature throughout a particular system.
Phrak said:This isn't my gig, but negative temperatures are mainsteam physics. I don't know if zero is included.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_temperature"
A very interesting article.
In particular, it may take me sometime to understand the statement:
a system with a truly negative temperature is not colder than absolute zero; in fact, temperatures colder than absolute zero are impossible.
At first, I thought this was going to be an article relating to "negative energy." But, they are talking about a negative absolute temperature throughout a particular system.
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