Re:Quantum gas goes below absolute zero
by mjfl on Monday July 28, 2014 @11:27AM
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Negative temperature actually has some nuance to it. By the relation 1/T = dS/dq where T is temperature, S is entropy and q is heat added to the system, a negative temperature means that entropy decreases when you add heat to the system and increases when it emits heat. By the second law, entropy always goes up, so a negative temperature object will always emit heat. In that way, something with a negative temperature is extremely hot.
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Re:Quantum gas goes below absolute zero
by AnimalMuppet on Monday July 28, 2014 @12:48PM
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In fact, it's a negative absolute temperature because it's hotter than infinity.