BBC News: Magnetic poles can 'split in two'

[Phil]

Modern physics is too metaphysical for me.

"We've made a magnetic monopole."

"We've made an experimental magnetic monopole."

"What we've made is only an analogy of a magnetic monopole…"

Sorry, you've lost me.

Phil M1GWZ




On 31 Jan 2014, at 18:54, fgentges at mindspring.com wrote:

> tacoistas,
> 
> I had a *serious* course in Engineering Physics at Kansas State University back in the early 1960s and our professor was Dr. Robert Katz.  His research work was on the magnetic monopole and included a paper that is much quoted if you Google search.
> 
> http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=physicskatz
> 
> He was looking around to see what the monopole would look like and what kind of phenomena it would create.  I don't think he was ever able to find one.  His students were wondering if he would succeed.  He had very interesting lectures which I still remember snippets of to this day.
> 
> Frank K0BRA
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/31/2014 1:23 PM, Andre Kesteloot wrote:
>> 
>> Magnetic poles can 'split in two'
>> 
>> An elusive physics phenomenon - the magnetic monopole - has been observed by scientists in a quantum system.
>> 
>> Read more:
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25946734
>> 
>> 
>> 73
>> André N4ICK
>> 
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