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Fishpig
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- slowest speed vs the fastest speed and temperature
So I've been hunting google for an answer but i cannot find a definitive one.
If 0 Kelvin is the coldest temperature and it is where atoms cease to move does this mean that a photon in a vacuum is the hottest particle because it is in turn moving at the fastest speed possible?
Second question is with cooling down the atoms they use a laser to push away the warmer particles until it's just the cold ones, so is it really "cooling" or are they just slowing them down? yes i do realize that it's both but it should be one or the other.
Thanks smart people.
If 0 Kelvin is the coldest temperature and it is where atoms cease to move does this mean that a photon in a vacuum is the hottest particle because it is in turn moving at the fastest speed possible?
Second question is with cooling down the atoms they use a laser to push away the warmer particles until it's just the cold ones, so is it really "cooling" or are they just slowing them down? yes i do realize that it's both but it should be one or the other.
Thanks smart people.