Magnetic Charges Could Actually Exist, Physicists Find - Page 1
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author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 09, 2025, 08:09:32 am
content: https://youtu.be/SL74q6S5tr8?si=_HKqZIGlIwQ9TJEs

author: coppercone2
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 10, 2025, 06:44:53 am
content: One thing I noticed is that magnetic monopoles seem to bring out the worst in physicists lol, that one is like pulling on the tail of a lion

author: EPAIII
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 10, 2025, 10:14:25 pm
content: The web address you give for YouTube looks suspicious. the real address for YouTube, at least in the US, should read "YouTube.com". If it is different in other countries I would expect that they would keep the "YouTube." and then have the country's identifier after that. But your link has it as "youtu.be". Perhaps that is a correct address for a different country (Belgium?) but I would not click on it and I would advise others not to unless they are certain it is a valid address for YouTube.You show a United Kingdom flag as your location. Could that mean Belgium?Quote from: G7PSK on March 09, 2025, 08:09:32 am

author: EPAIII
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 10, 2025, 10:20:01 pm
content: As for magnetic mono-poles, there has been speculation for many years now. It was discussed in some of my classes back in the 60s and I am sure it goes back even further.I don't know what that video claims, but, to date, I do not know of any examples of one having been found.If you are talking about this video by Sabine Hossenfelder, she is only speculating about different possibilities. There is nothing of any solidity, like an experiment that observed one, in it over what was known back when I was in physics classes in the 60s or in some of the published papers she showed from the 30s.Physicists want there to be magnetic mono-poles. Physicists do not want magnetic mono-poles to exist. And those two groups of physicists are not necessarily composed of different individuals. I personally would think it would be interesting either way. But, so far no one has actually observed one and it is hard (not impossible, but hard) to prove a negative. And as far as I can see, that is where the question stands. All else is speculation, not science.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 10, 2025, 11:46:26 pm
content: Quote from: EPAIII on March 10, 2025, 10:14:25 pmIts just an URL shortening youtube provides when you share a link..But yes OP ideally would put the normal youtube.com link so we can see the preview, or someone would update the forum.

author: TimFox
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 12, 2025, 07:41:05 pm
content: An asymmetry in Maxwell’s equations results from the absence of monopoles for magnetism but existence of charge monopoles. A magnetic dipole can be considered as two monopoles separated from each other, but the theory states that no monopole exists separately.Many physicists would prefer the existence of magnetic monopoles since the equations would be neater with them.I remember a “scare” in 1975 when a cosmic ray experiment found evidence for a heavy particle that seemed to have a charge of 137, which might be consistent with a monopole. This was explained later as the result of platinum nuclei; it was stated that the cosmic particles over Sioux City, Iowa were known to contain lots of platinum.To date, I’m not aware of any confirmed sightings of monopoles, but there’s lots of possible weird stuff out there, so one should keep an open mind, but not invest in them yet.

author: tooki
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 12, 2025, 08:03:38 pm
content: Quote from: EPAIII on March 10, 2025, 10:14:25 pmJust to confirm what thm_w said: youtu.be is YouTube's own URL shortening service, which is the only URLs its "share" feature generates. So it's absolutely official and no need for concern. I use those URLs here on the forum whenever I deliberatelydon'twant the forum software to convert a link to an inline video.