Making Magnetic Monopoles and Other Physics Exotica 104
PhysicsDavid writes "Physicists have been searching for magnetic monopoles pretty much since they knew about magnetism and definitely since Maxwell unified electricity and magnetism. Now some researchers have shown that using some weird mirror materials will allow them to create something indistinguishable from a monopole in a lab experiment. A paper about it was published today in the journal Science as an advance online publication (abstract; full article available only to AAAS members). The technique looks like it could be used to create analog systems of other kinds of exotic particles that haven't yet been observed, such as axions. The theorists who proposed this are working with experimenters to try to create these systems and study them in depth this year."
Multiple monopoles? (Score:3, Funny)
I thought there was only one magnetic monopole, and one photon, in this universe.
This will be great! (Score:1, Funny)
Whenever I play in the car the pieces end up flying all over, so yeah, magnetic Monopoly would be great!
Re:Multiple monopoles? (Score:3, Funny)
I can see how you might confuse photons with zune users.
Re:nobel (Score:3, Funny)
Traveling north or south becomes much cheaper than heading east or west?
instructables (Score:5, Funny)
Searching for magnetic monopoles? (Score:4, Funny)
That's easy. Take a regular magnet and cut it in half, gees do I have to do all the heavy thinking around here.
Monopole Magnets at last! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Multiple monopoles? (Score:4, Funny)
I thought it still sort of worked for photons, cos they are their own anti-particle.
My party piece is to bore anyone who will listen with an argument that the universe only needs one photon travelling backwards and forwards in time.
But the WTFs are usually reserved for the followup where I set fire to my head.
Monopole magnets are not hard (Score:3, Funny)
I can't believe people are having a hard time with this. It's easy! Just cut off the pole you don't want!
Geez!
Re:Monopole Magnets at last! (Score:2, Funny)
I'm just waiting for Centauri Genetics, but I'd settle for Controlled Singularity.
Re:Monopole magnets are not hard (Score:2, Funny)
Somehow, I think all of the slashdot readers from Poland are a bit uneasy about being cut off...
Re:Monopole magnets are not hard (Score:4, Funny)