by ShieTar » Sun Nov 24, 2013 9:13 am
Sure absolute zero exists, at least in laboratories. Go bother Wikipedia about Bose-Einstein condensates. And its not that cold in space. Most of space sits at a cozy 3K, and the spot of space where the sun happens to be is actually at above a million K.
As to the original question, no you probably can't trigger fusion within absolute zero temperature. The nuclear cores will only fuse if they meet, which shouldn't happen in any kind of solid, let alone a Bose-Einstein condensate.
But I think the whole point of the plot is that only the room temperature will hit 0K, while it stays cozy warm inside of the bed. Apparently Superman also has Super-Bedlinen.
Sure absolute zero exists, at least in laboratories. Go bother Wikipedia about Bose-Einstein condensates. And its not that cold in space. Most of space sits at a cozy 3K, and the spot of space where the sun happens to be is actually at above a million K.
As to the original question, no you probably can't trigger fusion within absolute zero temperature. The nuclear cores will only fuse if they meet, which shouldn't happen in any kind of solid, let alone a Bose-Einstein condensate.
But I think the whole point of the plot is that only the room temperature will hit 0K, while it stays cozy warm inside of the bed. Apparently Superman also has Super-Bedlinen.