Fate of matter with universal heat death

[Loren Booda]

Assuming the eventual heat death of the universe, would there be a time when all matter becomes superconducting, or manifests as quantum condensates?

 

[DieCommie]

I think the theory is they will all decay into low energy photons.

 

[madmike159]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_E19_s_and_more

I think it depends if our predictions for the half life of a proton is correct. DieCommie is right every thing will eventually become low energy photons in the heat death theory.

*Edit*
This link is better. It shows the time line (for heat death) with and without proton decay.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_of_an_expanding_universe

 

[Loren Booda]

Might there be an cosmological era when superconductivity or condensates predominate? In the lab they seem the most distinctive phenomena at low temperatures.

 

[madmike159]

It depends. If protons decay there will be no matter to be superconductive, but if they don't then via quantum tunneling all matter will eventualy behave as liquid.