also sprach Steve M. Robbins (on Sat, 07 Jul 2001 01:54:25PM -0400): > > nonono, it is physically impossible for *anything* to go colder than > > 0K *because* all particles stop moving. kinetic energy (i.e. > > temperature) doesn't care about the sign of the velocity (i.e. the > > direction) since it's squared anyway. > > For a system to have negative kinetic energy, > the particles just need to have imaginary speed... i do admit that i am not a genious in particle physics, so could you please elaborate? have negative kelvin temperatures been reached? usually, i would say no and not believe anything else, but you never know with the quantum stuff going on. and imaginary speed... are you talking irrational numbers? martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck -- it may look like i'm just sitting here doing nothing. but i'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away.
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