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Physicists revisit the puzzle of magnetic monopoles

Original: Next # Electromagnetism_trivia the impossibility of magnetic monopoles is a strong belief in standard physics: all magne

An astrophysicist has shared a thread on electromagnetism trivia noting that standard physics holds magnetic monopoles to be impossible: every magnet has a north and south pole, and splitting a magnet always creates a new pair of dipoles. He points out that this rule is apparently violated in certain contexts, inviting discussion about why isolated magnetic charges have never been observed despite theoretical predictions.

Why now: The counterintuitive claim that a basic rule of electromagnetism may be violated is sparking curiosity among science readers.

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• Next # Electromagnetism_trivia the impossibility of magnetic monopoles is a strong belief in standard physics: all magnets have two poles ("north" and "south") and if we break a magnet in two, we always form a new pair of dipoles. And yet, this is apparently violated by all… · franco_vazza · 10

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