Negative specific heat with trapped ultracold quantum gases
The second law of thermodynamics normally prescribes that heat tends to disperse, but in certain cases it instead implies that heat will spontaneously concentrate. The spontaneous formation of stars out of cold cosmic nebulae, without which the universe would be dark and dead, is an example of this...
| Published in: | New Journal of Physics |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2014-01-01
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/16/1/013013 |