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I don't think they were talking about negative temperature, they just mean that sometimes the convenient quantity to work with is β = 1/T.
by OscarCunningham 1y ago
I don't think they were talking about negative temperature, they just mean that sometimes the convenient quantity to work with is β = 1/T.
- jabl 1y agoOh, right, yes. But that's just because 1/T occurs in many formulas and thus it's often convenient to work with it instead. No exciting new physics hiding there. ;)
- cperciva 1y agoRight, using beta is more convenient and also it's better behaved since it doesn't have the weird "goes to infinity then comes back from negative infinity as you keep increasing it" behaviour.