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Topological Monopole?

Is a topological monopole the same as / similar to / different than a magnetic monopole? Also, are 'Alice rings' a related phenomenon worthy of mention here? Sample source: [1]. Thanks, Last1in (talk) 15:18, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Too speculative for Wikipedia. Still primary research. From your source "While the team have yet to observe this inversion experimentally". Constant314 (talk) 15:39, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry that I was unclear. I wasn't necessarily suggesting using that source for anything. I was just wondering if what they are discussing is the same as what this article is about. If it is, perhaps we can find real source that mention it and create a redir for other non-scientists who stumble upon the term. Same questions, really, for 'Alice rings'. It is a legit term and, if so, should some mention of them from real RSs be discussed in this article? Cheers, Last1in (talk) 16:08, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not in this article. Generally, we stay away from primary results until they become widely accepted and reproduced. Constant314 (talk) 18:03, 29 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Magnetic monopole created in 2014 with Bosen-Einstein condensate

Magnetic monopole was created in 2014 with Bosen-Einstein condensate. Could someone update the article. Sources: https://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/tiede/2014-01-30/Aalto-tutkija-l%C3%B6ysi-ensimm%C3%A4isen-synteettisen-hiukkasen-%E2%80%93-80-vuoden-etsinn%C3%A4n-j%C3%A4lkeen-3317491.html and https://www.nature.com/articles/nature12954 --HenriHa (talk) 18:21, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

My english skill isn't good enought to update this article with this radical changes. --HenriHa (talk) 18:21, 21 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

dots

Why in the world would someone write \text{...} = \frac{1}{c^2} instead of \cdots = \frac{1}{c^2} ? That is absurd. ${\begin{aligned}{\text{...}}&={\frac {1}{c^{2}}}\\[12pt]{\text{versus }}\cdots &={\frac {1}{c^{2}}}\end{aligned}}$ 2601:447:CD80:E200:5960:6ACF:38E4:A8CC (talk) 03:07, 28 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dirac's quantization section needs more references

As it stands this section is essentially unsourced. There are some personal remarks which have no ground in reality, like "The concept of local gauge invariance—see Gauge theory—provides a natural explanation of charge quantization, without invoking the need for magnetic monopoles; but only if the U(1) gauge group is compact, in which case we have magnetic monopoles anyway." That last remark is 1) unsourced 2)factually incorrect. A gauge group being compact does not automatically imply the existence of magnetic monopoles. 93.189.187.42 (talk) 09:02, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

inconclusive

At the top, it says that there are no experiments showing magnetic monopoles, and later mentions inconclusive experiments. But okay, there are no conclusive experiments, but there are experiments. Gah4 (talk) 13:34, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]