Top Document: [sci.astro] Astrophysics (Astronomy Frequently Asked Questions) (4/9) Previous Document: D.10 What are tachyons? Are they real? Next Document: D.12 What is the temperature in space? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Short answer is that magnetic monopoles are the magnetic equivalent of point electric charges. Like the electron and positron (which can be considered to carry one unit of electric charge, negative and positive, respectively), one could imagine that there might be magnetic particles which have only a north or south magnetic pole. See J. D. Jackson, _Classical Electrodynamics_, for an extensive discussion. User Contributions:Top Document: [sci.astro] Astrophysics (Astronomy Frequently Asked Questions) (4/9) Previous Document: D.10 What are tachyons? Are they real? Next Document: D.12 What is the temperature in space? Part0 - Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Part6 - Part7 - Part8 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: jlazio@patriot.net
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