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THE STRONG AND WEAK FIELDS. “Hence the general existence of large-scale magnetic fields and the general weakness of large-scale electric fields...are consequences of the fundamental electric nature of matter.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

NO MAGNETIC PARTICLES. “Matter is composed of electrically charged particles. It appears that positively and negatively charged particles are precisely equal in number so there is no net electric charge in the universe. On the other hand, no magnetically charged particles -- magnetic monopoles, have ever been found.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

NO TERRESTRIAL TOOLS. “It appears, then, in view of recent laboratory results, that the existence of large-scale magnetic fields is entirely consistent with the measured abundance of monopoles. (Data omitted). (But) if in fact there be true symmetry between electric and magnetic particles, then...the laboratory stands mute.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

MORE IS DIFFERENT. “We are familiar with the magnetic field in the laboratory. There we control it with electric currents. The behavior of the field in space is quite different. There the fields are a power unto themselves, producing effects that cannot be duplicated in the laboratory...we believe that the difference is merely a matter of scale.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

GALACTIC MAGNETIC FIELDS. “It appears that the galactic field is not primordial. It is generated by the fluid motions in the galaxy on a characteristic time scale of the order of 3x10(8) years = 10(16) s. Thus...there will be fewer than one monopole per 10(26) nucleons.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

THE HOPE. “Rather, it is the curious behavior of the magnetic syndrome in the universe that draws us into the arena, not the expectation of corrections to already existing laws of physics.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

RARE MAGNETIC PARTICLES. “Now, magnetic monopoles, if they exist at all, are rare. There would be no large-scale magnetic fields in astrophysical bodies if they were not rare. We should look among cosmic rays for magnetic monopoles.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

NEW PHYSICS. “It would be our fondest hope to discover that corrections must be made to the equations of fields extending over large dimensions. But we do not count on the fascinating possibility of the equations being found wanting. “ https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

MAGNETIC PARTICLES. “If this were the case, then, a distant star composed of magnetic material would be indistinguishable in every respect from an ordinary star of the same total mass...(and) make the detection of a monopole very difficult. So there appears to be no objection to the possibility of magnetically charged particles.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE continues from last weekend and concludes this weekend on the theme of the all-pervasive cosmic magnetism. This force pervades all things everywhere and helps structure the universe we live in, and at its most powerful probably causes local laws of physics to deviate from their assigned stations. https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn