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Re:Photons cooled down to room temperature, made into a blob... by iwr on Wednesday November 24, 2010 @03:59PM (#1938533)
So reading more about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_gas , it looks like a scenario where a blackbody container was created, with a Boltzmann "temperature" peak equal to the energy level of the incident photons. Thus, all absorbed photons would be re-emitted at with the same distribution as the blackbody walls. And apparently, this phenomenon was tested in an ultra-low temperature scenario.

Still, I wonder. Given the low temperatures, the Boltzmann distribution suggests photons in the microwave or lower frequencies.

Re:Photons cooled down to room temperature, made into a blob... by Qz on Wednesday November 24, 2010 @04:15PM (#1938565)
Actually the article says the photons were in a room-temperature scenario.