In reply to Harry Veeder's message of Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:00:59 -0400: Hi, [snip] > >Magnetic monopoles detected in a real magnet for the first time > >Researchers from the Helmholtz Centre Berlin, in cooperation with >colleagues from Dresden, St. Andrews, La Plata and Oxford, have for the >first time observed magnetic monopoles and how they emerge in a real >material. They publish this result in the journal Science within the >Science Express web site on Sept. 3. > >more >http://www.physorg.com/news171209923.html
Without reading the original paper, my guess is that what they really have is long spaghetti like dipoles. IOW I think the strings have a North pole on one end and a South pole on the other end. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
