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Though predicted to exist, magnetic monopoles — hypothetical elementary particles with only one magnetic pole — have never been detected by scientists. But physicists have just accomplished the next best thing by actually creating their own synthetic version of these bizarre magnetic particles in the lab. As any grade 3 student can tell you, every magnet has a north and a south pole. Break that magnet in half, and the pieces will still have a north and south pole. Even if you cut this magnet down to the atomic level, it should still feature bioplar magnetic fields. Dirac's Conjecture Related Ask a Physicist: What ever happened to magnetic monopoles? In this week's "Ask a Physicist" we tackle magnetic monopoles, why we love them, why we yearn for them, and why we haven't given… Read… But back in 1931, physicist Paul Dirac hypothesized about the existence of an elementary particle that's an isolated magnet with only one pole — either a north or a south, but not both. This particle, therefore, would have a net "magnetic charge" while still generating an electric field. Related What's so super about Supersymmetry? The headline discovery out of the LHC was, of course, the Higgs Boson. But the LHC is no one-trick pony. The search is on to find hints of… Read… But why should such a particle exist? Dirac said that if magnetic monopoles are an actual thing, then all electric charge in the universe must be quantized. That is, they tidily explain why electrons can't be sliced in half (i.e., the electric charge of subatomic particles always come in discrete units of a fundamental charge). What's more, the existence of magnetic monopoles could also help us answer unresolved questions about space, time, and the laws of physics, including the nature of true symmetry in the universe. Indeed, the Grand Unified Theory predicts them, as does string theory (though some physicists argue that magnetic monopoles are actually dark matter). Physics experiment suggests magnets with only one pole actually existExpand If magnetic monopoles are real, they would have likely formed soon after the Big Bang when the conditions were right, when space was considerably hotter and denser than it is today. But as noted, physicists have yet to produce any true evidence for the existence of magnetic monopoles. Part of the reason is that if they exist, they should be exceedingly rare. There would be less than 1 for every 1029 protons or neutrons. So, if monopoles are distributed evenly in the universe, there should only be a hundred or so in the entire inner solar system! Polar Vortex Detecting these elementary particles is obviously proving to be difficult, but that didn't dissuade a team of Amherst College physicists from trying to create their own version of magnetic monopoles. Related The bizarre theory that predicted a new state of matter You may have heard of the Bose-Einstein Condensate because it is one of the states of matter. Like gas, liquid, or solid, it has its own properties. … Read… They did it by cooling rubidium atoms to just a billionth of a degree above absolute zero. By doing so, they forced the atoms into a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) — the lowest quantum state possible. The resulting condensation caused the rubidium to behave differently than normal, creating a cloud that acted like a wave and not a group of individual particles. The scientists manipulated this cloud into a vortex so that all of the particles would align to the same magnetic orientation. Then, after placing a single rubidium atom in the middle, they created a hole completely empty of atoms. The result was the creation of monopole atoms in a synthetic magnetic field. Evidence, But Not Proof This is obviously amazing, but it's not irrevocable proof that magnetic monopoles exist in nature. But physicists now have a better understanding of what they should be looking for as the hunt continues. Moreover, this achievement can be construed as actual evidence showing that these elusive elementary particles are actually possible. |
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So ur saying that if a magnet is cut in half, the half part will still have a north and south pole. And to subatomic level it doesnt follow the sequence and it creates a single magnetic pole(that which is the monopole) Is it a north or south monopole? Or the two poles do have the same properties that a monopole can have the properties of both?
A monopole or should i say magnetic monopole's discovery could lead to the better understanding of how the earth's electromagnetic field is created down to subatomic levels. And follow-up question does monopoles have the same electromagnetic field as bipoles? What could happen to earth if the inner core is a monopole? |
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So ur saying that if a magnet is cut in half, the half part will still have a north and south pole. And to subatomic level it doesnt follow the sequence and it creates a single magnetic pole(that which is the monopole) Is it a north or south monopole? Or the two poles do have the same properties that a monopole can have the properties of both? think of it like electricity, the positive and negative currants that make a loop to complete the circuit...a magnet's north and south poles are very similar in making a loop with the magnetic fields. so yes, if you cut a magnet in half, you would have 2 complete magnets. a monopole would nave no loops, just a north or south pole, either or i guess... thats where it gets fuzzy,because it's all theoretical right now ... |
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So ur saying that if a magnet is cut in half, the half part will still have a north and south pole. And to subatomic level it doesnt follow the sequence and it creates a single magnetic pole(that which is the monopole) Is it a north or south monopole? Or the two poles do have the same properties that a monopole can have the properties of both? think of it like electricity, the positive and negative currants that make a loop to complete the circuit...a magnet's north and south poles are very similar in making a loop with the magnetic fields What other things besides electrical charges and the continues movement of the earth's outer core creates a magnetic field? How does a monopole creates a magnetic field? |
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So ur saying that if a magnet is cut in half, the half part will still have a north and south pole. And to subatomic level it doesnt follow the sequence and it creates a single magnetic pole(that which is the monopole) Is it a north or south monopole? Or the two poles do have the same properties that a monopole can have the properties of both? think of it like electricity, the positive and negative currants that make a loop to complete the circuit...a magnet's north and south poles are very similar in making a loop with the magnetic fields What other things besides electrical charges and the continues movement of the earth's outer core creates a magnetic field? How does a monopole creates a magnetic field? kind of, think of the north and south poles as a positive and negative charge, making the circuit complete... opposite, but the same, basically... from my understanding, it's charged particles and and electrons that are the main things... i don't know how a monopole would create a field... maybe non moving charged particles? |
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