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magnetic monopole

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magnetic monopole [mag′ned·ik ′män·ə‚pōl]
(electromagnetism)
A hypothetical particle carrying magnetic charge; it would be a source for a magnetic field in the same way that a charged particle is a source for an electric field. Also known as monopole.


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Semilocal strings, however, can have ends, each of which is studded with a magnetic monopole.
reports no sign of magnetic monopoles in the debris of high-energy collisions between protons and antiprotons at the Tevatron accelerator.
So far, searches for magnetic monopoles have largely focused on their detection among cosmic rays (SN: 10/5/91, p.
 
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