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	2022-12-14: How Can Matter Be BOTH Liquid AND Gas? 17:05: Amorphant points out that we didn’t mention magnetic monopoles as an example of quasiparticles. 17:18: Actual magnetic monopoles, if they really exist, would be elementary particles, and we’ve done an episode on these before.
	2022-02-23: Are Cosmic Strings Cracks in the Universe? 07:33: ... a zero-dimensional, point-like  topological defect would be a magnetic monopoles,   which we talked about recently. There are also  ways to produce 2-D ...
	2021-10-13: New Results in Quantum Tunneling vs. The Speed of Light 15:36: ... inside black holes, in fact some recent work suggests that an individual magnetic monopole would manifest as a black hole - in that it would have an event ... 14:15: In the last episode we talked about why physicists believe magnetic monopoles. 14:19: ... - the radiating knots in the Higgs field that might lead to magnetic monopoles. ... 15:23: Erik says that if magnetic monopoles are massive enough to collapse the early univeres, wouldn’t we only find them inside black holes? 15:36: ... certainly possible that magnetic monopoles to end up inside black holes, in fact some recent work suggests that an ... 16:23: ... Magnetic monopoles aside, why did Moody arrange for the whole Goblet of Fire thing when he ...
	2021-10-05: Why Magnetic Monopoles SHOULD Exist 00:08: It’s the magnetic monopole - and of all the fantastical beasts of particle physics, this is perhaps the most likely to actually exist. 08:13: ... charge - electric charge has to be discrete if there’s even a single magnetic monopole in the entire ... 14:18: Kyle, we are taught by Paul Dirac that if there's even a single magnetic monopole in the entire universe then electric charge must be quantized. 14:28: We don't know where that single magnetic monopole would be, but it's rare and special and so we decided to name it after you. 14:36: ... now Kyle, the magnetic monopole Kyle - is doubly important - sure, it ensures the quantization of all ... 00:08: It’s the magnetic monopole - and of all the fantastical beasts of particle physics, this is perhaps the most likely to actually exist. 14:36: ... now Kyle, the magnetic monopole Kyle - is doubly important - sure, it ensures the quantization of all charge, ... 01:11: ... you slice it - you’ll never get isolated magnetic charges - what we call magnetic monopoles. ... 02:12: If that’s true then, why should we even expect there to be isolated magnetic charges - magnetic monopoles? 02:22: The non-existence of magnetic monopoles is codified in the mathematics of electrodynamics. 02:57: According to this law there are no magnetic monopoles. 04:05: ... nothing in Maxwell’s equations that really says magnetic monopoles can’t exist except for the fact that James Clark Maxwell set the ... 04:18: But in principle it could exist, and so could magnetic monopoles. 05:22: So perhaps here we have our reason for the apparent non-existence of magnetic monopoles. 05:49: But then in 1931, just before his antimatter thing was verified, Dirac made another prediction - of the existence of magnetic monopoles. 06:30: ... the string part of the Dirac string is fundamentally undetectable, then magnetic monopoles can ... 08:34: ... this as a prediction of charge quantization, you can also flip it: magnetic monopoles are possible if electric charge is ... 09:19: Well it turns out that magnetic monopoles are inevitable in all “GUTs”. 10:55: And it turns out these knots in the Higgs field in GUT theories behave as massive particles with magnetic charge - magnetic monopoles. 11:12: ... turns out that GUT theories generically predict these magnetic monopoles, and that they should be A) very massive, and B) should form ... 11:29: The fact that magnetic monopoles should exist in these theories was both exciting and problematic. 12:16: ... should have happened after the production of magnetic monopoles, and so should have thrown these things far apart that there may be very ... 12:36: ... you have one of these magnetic monopoles in your lab it wouldn’t be too hard to spot - for example a monopole ... 13:24: ... also look for magnetic monopoles coming from space - typically using cosmic ray observatories - or ... 13:37: We have been hunting for magnetic monopoles for longer than just about any particle. 13:24: ... also look for magnetic monopoles coming from space - typically using cosmic ray observatories - or contributing ...
	2020-09-28: Solving Quantum Cryptography 14:24: Last week we talked about a highly speculative idea - lifeforms inside stars, formed from cosmic strings and magnetic monopoles. 15:28: John Momberg asks if this could all happen with electric monopoles, given that magnetic monopoles don’t exist. 15:35: Well, first let me say that magnetic monopoles may well exist - in fact mainstream grand unified theory candidates routinely predict them. 15:28: John Momberg asks if this could all happen with electric monopoles, given that magnetic monopoles don’t exist.
	2020-09-21: Could Life Evolve Inside Stars? 03:44: ... go through the possibilities: a 0-dimensional topological defect is a magnetic monopole - like the north or south pole of a bar magnet that somehow lost its ... 00:16: Oh, and here’s an extra crazy one - life composed of cosmic strings and magnetic monopoles, evolving in the hearts of stars. 01:03: ... and defects in the fabric of the universe - cosmic strings beaded with magnetic monopoles - may evolve into complex structures, and even life, within ... 01:28: What exactly are cosmic strings and magnetic monopoles? 01:38: Cosmic strings and magnetic monopoles are what we call topological defects. 05:44: With simple magnetic monopoles, the only possible necklace is an alternating series of north and south poles - or poles and anti-poles. 01:03: ... and defects in the fabric of the universe - cosmic strings beaded with magnetic monopoles - may evolve into complex structures, and even life, within ... 00:16: Oh, and here’s an extra crazy one - life composed of cosmic strings and magnetic monopoles, evolving in the hearts of stars.
	2019-08-06: What Caused the Big Bang? 01:04: Another problem fixed by inflation is the absence of magnetic monopoles.

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