Monopole Definition and 66 Threads

Assume that one day will find axiomatics for physical theories. Will magnetic monopoles (non)existence be part of the axioms (postulates) or their (non)existence be derived from the axioms? How can one prove/disprove their physical existence? If they are being observed by direct/indirect...

Question: My answer: What it looks like for an electric charge: Am I correct? If you want I can hand out my Latex on how I got to it, it will refer to the book Griffiths a lot.

I am trying to understand how one derives the dilaton monopole interaction. In "Black holes and membranes in higher-dimensional theories with dilaton fields", Gibbons and Maeda mentioned that one could obtain the dilaton monopole interaction as such: where the action is given by However, I...

Why does a monopole detector have to be a superconductor? If there were Monopoles. Why couldn't an EEG machine detect them. Remember in monopoles, moving magnetic charges would generate electric fields. If say the monopole is very strong, it should make the EEG detect them by the probe just...

Hi there I'm currently studying cosmology but I'm having a hard time grasping that concept of the cosmological monopole and dipole (quadrupole etc) and was wondering if someone could explain what they are conceptually and physically. Thanks : )

I am stumped and would like a hint. Answer choices:

Here is a high quality article about it written by Ethan Siegel, with Ph.D. astrophysicist, author, and science communicator, who professes physics and astronomy at various colleges and has won numerous awards for science writing since 2008. So it's not a crackpot source. The Enduring Mystery...

I was reading somethings about magnetic monopoles, and how, if it were discovered its existence, it would changes the Maxwell equations, in summarizing, is not the first time i see this: It is the consequences of the existence of a magnetic monopole? That is, IF it exist, SO the imagem is true...

My first attempt revolved mostly around the solution method shown in this "site" or PowerPoint: http://physics.gmu.edu/~joe/PHYS685/Topic4.pdf . However, after studying the content and writing down my answer for the monopole moment as equal to ##\sqrt{\frac{1}{4 \pi}} \rho##, I found out the...

For the magnetic fields it is obvious that ##F = q_m B##, but I don't get why the final result is $$\mathbf F = q_m(\mathbf B -\frac 1 {c^2} \mathbf v \times \mathbf E)$$ The second part is like a "counterpart" of Faraday's Law, but I do not understand why it should be there... For what reason...

I guess i have two questions , is the magnetic field conservative or non-conservative.As far as i can see just looking at a magnetic field we have a curved path hence it wouldn't be conservative, however many textbooks assume it is.Is there something I am not seeing here? Furthermore would...

A stationary Monopole exist at the Origin. 1)##\vec{B} = \frac{g \hat r}{4 \pi r^2}## 2)##\vec{E} = \frac{e \hat r}{4 \pi \epsilon_0 r^2}## 3)## - \nabla \times \vec{E} = \frac{\partial \vec B}{c \partial t} + \frac{4 \pi}{c} \vec{J_m}## 4)##\nabla \times \vec{B} = \frac{\partial \vec E}{c...

Homework Statement Suppose a magnetic monopole q_m passes through a resistanceless loop of wire with self-inductance L. What current is induced in the loop? Homework Equations \nabla \times \textbf{E} = - \mu_0 \textbf{J}_m - \frac{\partial \textbf{B}}{\partial t} \nabla \cdot \textbf{B} =...

I want to know how does distance affect the magnetic field of a permanent magnet. I have read about the inverse square law and how it could apply to magnetic fields over growing distances, but doing so, I read about monopoles, which is a new concept to me. So, for the time being, I would like a...

You have probably all heard about magnetic monopoles creation ,but I just want to ask is there theoretical basis (without denying already proven theories) which would allow us to expect natural magnetic monopoles discovery? https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.07460...

Hi everyone, I am trying to calculate the equation of motion of a charged particle in the field of a monopole. The magnetic field of a monopole of strength g is given by: \textbf{B} = g \frac{\textbf{r}}{r^3} And the Lagrangian by: \mathcal{L} = \frac{m\dot{\textbf{r}}^2}{2} +...

Is there a general solution explicitly worked out for how a monopole and electic charge would interact? Of course the electro-static solution is that there is no interaction, but the electro-dynamic solution would not be so trivial, as moving charges/monopoles would induce magnetic/electic fields.

Please consider this statement from Alan Guth (from his book "The Inflationary Universe"). The context is the creation of magnetic monopoles: The monopoles, therefore, are the surviving remnants of the chaos in the Higgs fields immediately after the phase transition. Guth then goes on to...

Has anyone attempted build a magnetic monopole? If you took a bunch of wedge-shaped permanent magnets and assembled them into a ball such that the same pole for each magnet was pointing out radially, then you would have a magnetic monopole. (see attached).

I am no mathematician, not even an expert in Gauge Theories, but I came across this article http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.6716 (published here http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0393044015002284) when I was looking for some "condensed-matter-type-monopoles", and the author claims...

It is argued here that the use of vector potential to describe the magnetic field of a monopole is inherently wrong http://arxiv.org/ftp/physics/papers/0701/0701232.pdf It will indicate that the affirmation that charge quantization will be proved if a magnetic monopoles exists is wrong. The...

Please forgive the thread title... it just kinda slipped out that way. I am reading and enjoying Alan Guth's _The Inflationary Universe_. Dr. Guth is not only in command of a very lucid style of exposition, but he has a very subtle and penetrating sense of humor. Anyway... He relates a...

Hello, Happy New Year everyone. I wanted to know or can anybody show me how would a rotor like that look like or how it would be wound? I need the rotors outer part that faces the stator to have a single magnetic pole coming out of it , not like typical rotors that have poles on them and one is...

Homework Statement This isn't a 'homework' problem as such. I'm currently in University Physics II (E&M), and I've become really interested in magnetic monopoles. They haven't been discussed in any kind of depth in my course, but I'm trying to figure out how a magnetic monopole (if they exist)...

Homework Statement For a fixed given electrical power to two monopole sources, producing the same frequency. Which mode, either in-phase or out of phase, will radiate the most sound power into the far-field? Homework Equations Is the radiated sound power dependant of the given electrical...

Homework Statement Show that the Lagrangian $$ L = \frac{m}{2}(\dot{r}^2 + r^2\dot{\theta}^2 + r^2\dot{\phi}^2sin^2\theta) - qg\dot{\phi}cos\theta $$ describes the motion of a charged particle (mass ##m## charge ##q##) in the magnetic field ## \vec{B} = g\vec{r}/r^3## (##g## is a constant)...

Two electrons, they have their electric fields and magnetic dipole moments. Their electric field is proportional to 1/r^2, and electric force is also proportional to 1/r^2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_dipole%E2%80%93dipole_interaction However, their magnetic dipole field is...

An electric charge produces a Coulomb electric field: E = dqe r/r3 A current element produces a Biot-Savart magnetic field B = i dl×r /r3 From what I understand, magnetic charges are inserted for the sake of making Maxwell's equations symmetric. A magnetic charge is meant to produce a...

According to 't Hooft - Polyakov monopole solution, SO(3) is spontaneously broken down to U(1) and the unbroken mode works very well as the electromagnetic field. In this case we do not need dirac string but just some scalar field. At very large distance , the two massive gauge modes can be...

Hi, Homework Statement Consider the vector potential, \vec{A}(\vec{x}), below. The problem is to calculate \vec{A}(\vec{x}) explictly, and show that it has components A_{r}, A_{\theta} and A_{\phi} Homework Equations \vec{A}(\vec{x}) = \frac{g}{4\pi} \int_{-\infty}^{0} \frac{dz'...

Homework Statement I am looking for reliable sources with decent information on monopoles, this is a freshman research paper. I am just looking for books websites and any useful information on the topic. thank you Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I've gone to the...

A north magnetic monopole moving with uniform velocity through a uniform electric field would experience a force (assume the direction of the force to be upward along the x-axis) due to the circular electric field created around it. Similarly a south magnetic monopole would experience a force...

If there was magnetic charge Maxwell's equations could be altered to accommodate the magnetic charge? For small field strength and velocities General Relativity can be put in a form similar to Maxwell's equations? If so is there something that could be introduced into General Relativity...

Let's rename Valentines day and call it "Monopole day" In honor of the Valentines Day Monopole of 1982 caught in Blas Cabrera's lab @ Stanford. It was the perfect specimen.And sadly, no other magnetic monopoles have every been found...yet. So happy belated monopole day to everyone here @...

I know Dirac had said yes to existence of microscopic monopole by quantum theory, so why not the macroscopic monopole?

This is related to Goldstein Exercise 3-28. It is not really a homework problem anymore because I have solved them. But there's something bugging me so I shall post here instead of under homework problem. The Exercise reads: A magnetic monopole has magnetic monopole B = br/r^3 where b is a...

I hope that I have chosen the correct thread and that this belongs here. I understand the concept of a dipole, where you have opposite polarities at each end of a lineal object, i.e. a magnet. My question concerns the case of a sphere, where the outer surface is one polarity and the center is...

Lets say I have a negative line charge on a long thin rod, if I am at rest with respect to that rod I will see an E field. But If I am moving with respect to that rod I will see a B field. So why are people looking for magnetic monopoles, If B fields are E fields in disguise, wouldn't the...

I cut some magnets into buckeyball-faced polyhedra and bond the pieces together so that all joints are completely flush. Assume the joints are perfectly planar-flush, and bonded with a monolayer of something with a small molecular size. Or better yet, the thing is assembled in a vacuum and the...

Good Morning Can anyone help me understand why, apparently the physical length of a monopole end feed wire for a crystal set need to be ½ the wave length of the desired signal. The reason I ask is, that I understood that, if you have a variable coil in series with the antenna, the...

any references? i think it is a basic problem

From another Physicsforums thread I found this outstanding webpage: http://www.lightandmatter.com/html_books/genrel/ch09/ch09.html" which contains this startling statement: Suppose you place a highly charged ball in space and oscillate it with an insulating piston connected to a simple...

Hello, First I would like to introduce a brief definition of such a particle from Wikipedia: Now, my question is how would magnetic monopoles be detected? Does anyone of you know about more properties of these particles for a better understanding?

Homework Statement To find magnetic monopole. Homework Equations I need to know whether or not there is The Attempt at a Solution I have searched around and i can't see to find any SOLID evidence p.s. I am so sorry if this the wrong forum. I am a newbie.

I'm a sci-fi writer and would like some help, if you would please. My story is simple: monopoles arising in spin-ice can be charged with enough magnetricity to deflect spin 2 gravitons, freeing manking from the tyranny of a lone world, and propelling us into a vast new tyranny. I heard...

We were having a discussion about magnetic monopoles in an AP Physics course a while back, talking about why they can't happen, etc. One of the other students (there were 7 of us, haha) said, "What if you magnetize a bunch of needles and then stick, say, all of the south poles into a styrofoam...

We know the covariant Lagrangian of the Lorentz force law. However, in presence of a magnetic monopole, one must add another term to the force law. This term, of course is the Dual Field Tensor, along with the magnetic charge 'g' as follows - m \frac{d^2 x^{\mu}}{d {\tau}^2} =...

Does anyone knows how to explain (both physics and mathematics) why there's no magnetic mono-pole?