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Re: KE & temperature

How does the concept of 'Zero Point' energy apply to this mean KE : T ratio?

Specifically, Low Temperature quantum system such as the He isotopes
have substantial motion that can not be removed by lowering the
temperature.

At 12:43 AM -0400 10/26/99, David Bowman wrote:


The proportionality of the mean translational KE to the absolute
temperature holds just as well for systems (such as for internally bound
crystals) that exert *no* pressure on their environment--walls or not.

David Bowman
David_Bowman@georgetowncollege.edu

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