Negative Temperatures That Are Hotter Than the Sun
6:31 minutes
Scientists have cooled potassium gas to one billionth of a degree below absolute zero. But in the quantum world, that’s actually hotter than the Sun. It’s hotter, even, than infinity degrees Kelvin. Vladan Vuletić, a quantum physicist at MIT, talks about this ‘Bizarro World’ temperature.
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Vladan Vuletić
Vladan Vuletić is a quantum physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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About Christopher Intagliata
@cintagliataChristopher Intagliata was Science Friday’s senior producer. He once served as a prop in an optical illusion and speaks passable Ira Flatowese.