Son of Mulder.
quote:Muf, I've been away but it looks like Monbiot is slowly moving from the dark side.
Humph! At least my political input was based on current policy. High five SoM!
Now, if you’ll stay with your thread a bit longer, I would like some advice (if you’ll give it).
I’m in discussion with a professor of thermodynamics that teaches quantum theory as well. OK, but he heralds from Central Europe (Germany, I think) and much of what he says is difficult to understand. It was ages before I realised that "F.ex" wasn’t a "function", it was a "for example" abbreviation!
We are currently discussing LTE (local thermodynamic equilibrium) and BEC (Bose-Einstein Condensate) in that order of quotes.
<cite>suricat wrote:But, in an atmosphere of mixed gasses, where many gas compounds are made of different atoms, there can be no equilibrium in a quantum theory scenario! Can there?</cite>
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Yes there is .</cite>
<cite>And this is why the LASER is fine tuned to the temperature of the mass and a suitable trap for the cold mass is employed.</cite>
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No the laser is not "fine tuned" to any temperature . It must only emit a frequency that is absorbed with high probability by a given atom . That depends on the quantum energy spectrum which is independent of temperature (there is no T in the Schroedinger equation , one only needs to solve for eigenvalues that respect H.Psi = E.Psi) .</cite>
In my first statement on LTE I just said what I thought he’d already told me. Seems I’m wrong.
In my second statement on BEC I just said what I thought was relative to the energy levels of the molecules that could result in cooling.
Can you explain how I misread this? I’ll admit that I’m at a loss. As an engineer I only manipulate science for the benefit of mankind, but this is getting harder when the science tends to contradict itself.
Best regards, suricat.