It's getting hot in the spacetime continuum

[Dirigible]

Hiho;
I've googled this question, and not found anything comprehensible (to me) or useful (to me). So, I turn to the vast and terrifyingly wobbly intellects of ENworld.

I've read about something called 'Planck's Temperature", and a lead to believe that it is that maximum possible temperature in the universe. I understand why 0 Kelvin is the minimum possible, but cannot reason out why there would be an upper limit. Could someone enlighten me? (The big print version for kiddies with lots of pictures and help with the big words, if possible )

 

[Allanon]

I think it has something to do, with the fact that matter emits radiations in increasingly bigger quantities at higher temperatures. Thus at the upper end of this scale all matter becomes energy and thus cannot be further enhanced. Also at this temperature the laws of physics break down due to matter and antimatter existing at the same time. If this causes or is caused by the bending of space time at that temperature is not known to me.*

*Disclaimer: This post was written at 23:30 local time. Having been up since 04:00 this morning and having had a very busy day I am not responsible for this post being utter bull***t

. This is what I gather after using my own google-fu, encyclopedic resources and limited knowledge of physics and my minute knowledge (actually interest) in quantum physics.

 

[Dirigible]

That sounds plausable

 

[the Jester]

Hm, I thought the Planck temp. was the temperature at which all the forces (strong, weak, electromagnetic, gravity) are unified (before symmetry breaks), but I am not a physicist either.

 

[AGGEMAM]

And you are right about that, Jester. And it is by no means eqaul to the maximum obtainable temperature.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

You know, when I saw the thread title, I wanted so badly to say, "So take off all your clothes!"

 

[Tinker Gnome]

*Bends the spacetime continuim with his hands*

I HAVE FREE QUANTUM FOAM!!!!!!!!!

 

[the Jester]

(starts playing in the foam that's getting everywhere)