According to the first law of
thermodynamics, sourced from wikipedia "In any process in an
isolated system, the total energy remains the same."
So when lasers are used for cooling in traps, similar to the
description here:
http://optics.colorado.edu/~kelvin/classes/opticslab/LaserCooling3.doc.pdf
where is the heat transferred?
From what I gather of a cursory reading on traps, whether laser,
magnetic, etc the general idea is to isolate the target, then
transfer heat from it, thereby cooling it.
I don't understand how sending photons at...