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arxiv: 1407.4127 · v1 · pith:7JO5YNWDnew · submitted 2014-07-15 · ❄️ cond-mat.quant-gas · cond-mat.stat-mech· quant-ph

Comment on "Consistent thermostatistics forbids negative absolute temperatures"

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In this comment we argue that negative absolute temperatures are a well-established concept for systems with bounded spectra. They are not only consistent with thermodynamics, but are even unavoidable for a consistent description of the thermal equilibrium of inverted populations.

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