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So "if", and this is a big if, we did cool a sample to absolute zero by some yet to be discovered process, it's total energy should shrink to nothing and as so

So "if", and this is a big if, we did cool a sample to absolute zero by some yet to be discovered process, it's total energy should shrink to nothing and as so the sample should shrink to nothing and disappear?

idlewords 10y ago
No. Quantum issues aside, a system at absolute zero would still have energy in the form of its mass. You can think of mass as 'frozen' energy. Note that in some systems it's possible to have negative temperatures, which are "hotter" than infinite temperatures. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_temperature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_temperature Thermodynamics is cool!