- prometheus25
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Old school Bungie, born and raised,
In the Septagon is where I spend most of my days.
Relaxin', maxin', posting all cool,
Talking about Halo, life and some school.
Got in one little argument, and the mods got scared,
they said "You're gonna get banned and your member title'll be bare!"
Posted by: oaklandp8ntbalr
Everyone shut up and listen.
First, temperature is not a measure of atomic vibration. Your science teachers lied to you for sake of simplicity. The more accurate definition is the relationship between energy and entropy (randomness of a system).
Normally, adding energy to a system increases entropy; the atoms become more randomly distributed. Adding energy and increasing entropy = positive temperature.
HOWEVER, Some systems have a maximum limit to the energy they can hold. When you approach this limit, the systems actually start to LOSE entropy. Adding energy but decreasing in entropy = Negative temperature.
This system is still warmer than absolute zero. In fact, it is theoretically hotter than infinity.
Hmmm, I'm going with the thought that you heard this concept somewhere else and are simply assuming it applies here.