Not exact matches
That estimate depends
on another unknown property of
monopoles, the strength of their
magnetic charge.
The limit
on the number of such high - speed relic
monopoles that could inhabit the Milky Way without sapping its
magnetic field is called the «Parker bound».
«These are currently the strongest bounds
on the masses of
magnetic monopoles that don't rely
on assumptions» about how the particles are created, he says.
A
magnetic monopole would be the first, and if one were discovered, electricity and magnetism would finally be
on equal footing.
A future incarnation of MoEDAL, located
on a mountaintop instead of in an accelerator's cavern, could look for such
magnetic monopoles that sprinkle down
on Earth from space, Pinfold says.
In his article
on the search for
magnetic monopoles (16 August, p 34), Richard Webb refers to unfounded fears that...
While at Cornell he began collaborating with colleague Henry Tye
on the creation of
magnetic monopoles in the early universe and it was this work which led to his proposal of an inflationary universe.