Tag: magnetic monopoles
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A black hole in a bathtub and other analog experiments
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Studying impossible systems with analogues How do you study a phenomenon that cannot be replicated on Earth? You study one that has nothing to do with it, but looks…
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The search for magnetic monopoles, the truest north
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] The hunt for the truest north Many theories predict the existence of magnetic monopoles, but experiments have yet to see them For Symmetry Magazine: If you chop a magnet…
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Emulating magnetic monopoles in Bose-Einstein condensates
Magnetic monopoles are hypothetical objects that act like the isolated north or south pole of a magnet. Ordinarily when you break a magnet in half, you end up with two smaller magnets, but some theories predict independent existence for monopoles — though they obviously must be rare in nature, because we haven’t seen one yet.…
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