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Quantum degrees?

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On the temperature scale, there are two extremes: Absolute Zero, where all molecular motion stops, and the Planck Energy, where each particle posesses so much energy, that it basically collapses into a black hole.

Is the range in between continuous, or can temperature be subdivided into quantum units?
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Enola Straight wrote:On the temperature scale, there are two extremes: Absolute Zero, where all molecular motion stops, and the Planck Energy, where each particle posesses so much energy, that it basically collapses into a black hole.

Is the range in between continuous, or can temperature be subdivided into quantum units?
Interesting that's the first I've heard of this. What is the value of Planck enegy?

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High energy physics is a little beyond this board.
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If I did some reasearch, I could probably BS it well enough.

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Those energy states are quantized, yes.
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