
Quantum Mpemba effect: hot cools faster, but only near absolute zero
The Mpemba effect is a mystery where hot вода sometimes freezes faster than warm water. Usually this is attributed to how вода loses heat and энтропию (a measure of disorder). But in a glass of water, chaos prevents a precise model.
Physicists built a quantum model: a particle in a well with two depressions separated by a barrier.