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To: pinhole@exploratorium.edu
From: kstreet@worldnet.att.net (Karen Street)
Subject: Re: Matter at absolute zero
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 15:51:20 +0000
It isn't possible for all motion to cease at absolute zero. Motion is
minimal at absolute zero.
Because all matter is waves, matter in a container must have kinetic
energy. If the container and the matter are one-dimensional (and I never
understood it in three dimensions), the maximum wavelength (minimum
translational kinetic energy) is twice the length of the room.
It seems to me that there have been discussions from the AIP on condensates
that occur at very low temperatures--weird quantum mechanical goings on.
Does anyone remember?
Karen Street