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Thermal energy is heat. When something gets hotter the atoms that compose that object vibrate or "wave" at a higher frequency. However, if you shoot a particle through a particle accelorator, the thermal energy of that object is not relevant to the kinetic energy (or speed/momentum) of that object.

As an example, if one had the ability to heat up a light particle, it would have higher thermal energy and would therefore "wave" at a higher frequency. But the speed of light would remain constant as it always does.

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