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avijeet

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Mar 25, 2010, 4:58:57 AM3/25/10

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What do you think is the hottest possible temperature that can be
attained? Please mention the physical process you have in mind that
can produce the highest temperatures.

Pradeep Ch

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Mar 25, 2010, 6:31:14 AM3/25/10

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The (confirmed) elementary particles till date (that make the baryonic matter) are quarks which are held together (say in a proton) due to gluons. So.. the hottest temperature that could be achieved in a lab is the temperature which creates quark-gluon plasma. Which is about 10^12 Kelvin or so.

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