Re: [Phys-l] spin ice monopoles?

["Polvani, Donald G." <donald.polvani@ngc.com>]

There is a much more informative and well written article on this
development in the New Scientist available at:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17983-magnetricity-observed-for-fi
rst-time.html

The author clearly makes the point that the monopoles observed are not
the long sought "cosmic" magnetic monopoles but rather "effective"
monopoles created by strategic flips of the fundamental spin dipole
moments.

Don Polvani
Northrop Grumman Corp.
Annapolis, MD 21404