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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

DEDUCTION. “The idea of electric-magnetic charge symmetry would suggest that the magnetic charge g is just equal to the electric charge e and the masses of the magnetic particles should equal their electric counterparts, etc.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

CHARGE SYMMETRY. “If then we entertain the idea that the universe is symmetric in particles and anti-particles, we are philosophically obliged to consider the possibility that the universe is symmetric in electric charges and magnetic charges.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

COSMIC SYMMETRY. “The concept of global symmetry has proved remarkably fruitful in understanding the fundamental properties of the elementary particles. Particles and their anti-particles are a particular favorite, leading to such speculation as the idea that half of the stars in the universe are composed of anti-matter.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

“The long conical hats worn by the members of some brotherhoods during Spain’s Easter celebrations originate in the hats worn by people found guilty of religious crimes in the Spanish Inquisition. Those criminals would walk the streets in the hats while they were mocked and insulted by the crowds. By donning the hats in Spain’s Easter celebrations, penitents are also re-enacting Christ’s road to Calvary.” https://lnkd.in/eRzwYnP4 View in LinkedIn

WRENCHING CHANGES. “Once, the craggy limestone peaks that skim the sky of Everest were on the ocean floor. Scientists believe it all began to change about 200 million years ago – at around the time the Jurassic dinosaurs were beginning to emerge – when the supercontinent of Pangea cracked into pieces.” https://lnkd.in/e6xDEQ2H View in LinkedIn

UNKNOWN LIMITS. “What then is the upper limit of magnetic monopoles in the universe? There is no theoretical basis for expecting either their presence or absence. We have only the philosophical possibility, suggested by the symmetry between electric and magnetic fields in Maxwell’s equations, that if there are electric charges, then why not magnetic charges?” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

NO MAGNETIC NEUTRALITY. “Consider the implications of the universal occurrence of large-scale magnetic fields. They could not exist if magnetic monopoles were abundant. They would be neutralized in exactly the same way that electric fields are neutralized. In that case there would be no induced electric fields either.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn

ELECTRON MIASMA. “Apart from obscure nooks, space is universally populated by free electrons...(but) any large-scale electrostatic field is quickly and effectively neutralized by the universal free electrons.” https://lnkd.in/eYiqnNnc View in LinkedIn