eli5: Why is it temperatures can go up to the trillions but only down to -273?
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Temperature is related to energy. A particles can be at it’s lowest energy at 0k. Note: even if there is a particle in an environment that has a temperature of 0k, the particle would still have movement. You still cannot break the uncertainty principal.
There is also an absolute got (plank temperature). This temperature has a value of
1.416785(71)×10^32 k. A bit higher than trillions…
You get this by using the plank length (the smallest distance) to calculate the smallest wave length which then corresponds to the highest frequency of a vibration. You can then use this frequency to calculate the associated energy and use the calculated energy to get a temperature.
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