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Researchers from University of Nottingham and international team set new stringent constraints on magnetic monopoles, pushing boundaries of what is known about these elusive particles. They investigated production of magnetic monopoles during heavy ion collisions at the LHC using a decommissioned beam pipe section.
Scientists have discovered unique periodic structures in manganese germanide that behave like magnetic monopoles and antimonopoles. The researchers studied the collective excitation modes of these structures, revealing a way to experimentally determine their spatial configuration.
Scientists have discovered magnetic monopoles in hematite, a type of iron oxide closely related to rust. The study uses diamond quantum sensing to observe swirling textures and faint magnetic signals, revealing the emergence of these isolated magnetic charges.
Researchers have created an 'Alice ring' that verifies a decades-old theory on monopole decay, opening doors to understanding how these structures function in the universe. The discovery offers a glimpse into a world where particle physics is turned on its head.
Researchers use computational detective work to verify the existence of a 3D quantum spin liquid in cerium zirconium pyrochlore, overcoming decades-long challenge. The material exhibits fractionalized spin excitations, where electrons do not arrange their spins in relation to neighbors.
Researchers isolated emergent magnetic monopoles, a class of quasiparticles, by exploiting collective dynamics of qubits on a D-Wave quantum annealer. This breakthrough demonstrates the control and study of monopoles, which have been hypothesized but elusive until now.
Researchers have detected magnetic monopoles in a metal for the first time, using a two-dimensional Kagome spin-ice system consisting of holmium, silver, and germanium. The team's findings suggest that this system behaves as if magnetic monopoles were present.
Researchers at the University of Kent studied magnetic monopoles and found that they can 'tunnel' through energy barriers, enabling their motion. This breakthrough could signal the development of new technologies based on moving magnetic monopoles instead of electric charges.
A research team created a nanoscale 'playground' on a chip to simulate the formation of exotic magnetic particles called monopoles. The simulation follows 'ice rules,' allowing north or south poles to move freely, mimicking real-world magnetic behavior.
Researchers at IST Austria have found that superfluid helium droplets act as magnetic monopoles from the perspective of molecules immersed inside them. This discovery opens up new possibilities for studying magnetic monopoles and reveals a previously unknown property in these systems.
Researchers successfully created and decayed isolated quantum monopoles, providing fundamental understanding of their dynamics. The observation reveals that one monopole can spontaneously transform into another in under a second.
Researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin have discovered a new materials system that can create complex magnetic patterns, including monopoles and skyrmions, which could lead to faster and more efficient data storage. The system uses superconducting YBaCuO-dots covered with an extremely thin permalloy film.
Alan Tennant, physicist at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, has been awarded the Europhysics Prize 2012 for his groundbreaking work on magnetic monopoles. Using neutron scattering at the Berlin research reactor BER II, he observed the first time magnetic monopoles in spin ice.
Researchers have created a framework for stabilizing magnetic monopoles, which could lead to breakthroughs in data storage. The discovery was made possible by studying spin ice materials at low temperatures, where frustration among magnetic atoms leads to the formation of unpaired poles.
A team at NIST has discovered a large-scale compound that behaves like magnetic monopoles, enabling the testing of theoretical predictions about these elusive particles. The researchers created this compound by cooling a specific material to nearly absolute zero, forming spin ice crystals with balanced spins.