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Mysterious Loops in The Fabric of Reality: Physicists Get First Glimpse of 'Alice Rings'
Science Alert ^
| August 28, 2023
| Mike McRae
Posted on 09/04/2023 8:41:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Strange loops in the fabric of reality have finally been witnessed forming in a super cold gas, providing physicists with an opportunity to study the behaviors of a rather peculiar kind of one-sided magnetism.
Known as 'Alice rings' after the Alice of 'Wonderland' fame, the circular structures were observed by a collaboration between researchers in the US and Finland which already has a long list of discoveries concerning the distortions in quantum fields known as topological monopoles.
The isolated equivalent of a pole on a magnet, monopoles truly sound like something Alice would have seen in her hunt for the white rabbit. Cutting a magnet in half won't succeed in separating its north from south, but monopoles can theoretically arise in the quantum machinery that gives rise to various forces and particles.
One version of the monopole takes the form of an elementary particle, one that has defied all attempts to identify so remains, for now, purely hypothetical.
Yet monopoles can emerge in other settings. The frothing of various quantum fields can give rise to their own style of one-sided magnetism as they swirl, pulling and tugging on their surrounds to give birth to short-lived anomalies that stand out for a split moment before vanishing into the churn once more.
(Excerpt) Read more at sciencealert.com ...
TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: alicerings; astronomy; darbyslick; monopole; physics; science; stringtheory
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09/04/2023 8:41:56 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: Red Badger; 6SJ7; AdmSmith; AFPhys; Arkinsaw; allmost; aristotleman; autumnraine; bajabaja; ...
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09/04/2023 8:43:08 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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09/04/2023 8:49:11 PM PDT
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Magnum44
(...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/04/2023 9:01:07 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Woke is a cancer of the mind and humanity)
To: Magnum44
Lol
Who the hell is that?
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posted on
09/04/2023 9:15:30 PM PDT
by
Macho MAGA Man
(The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects )
To: SunkenCiv
...'Alice rings'...The number of times she orbited the moon?
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09/04/2023 10:07:41 PM PDT
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Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: SunkenCiv
“one that has defied all attempts to identify”
Now, do not be judgemental about choice of gender....
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posted on
09/04/2023 10:17:26 PM PDT
by
doorgunner69
(When tyranny becomes lwa, rebellion becomes duty)
To: Libloather
Yeah, Jackie Gleason finally made good on his threats.
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posted on
09/04/2023 10:29:39 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: SunkenCiv
Song faintly coming toward us:
You can get anything you want
at Alice Rings Restaurant
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posted on
09/04/2023 10:31:32 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: SunkenCiv
It happened very close to absolute zero for 80 microseconds. It’s a start I suppose.
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09/04/2023 11:42:05 PM PDT
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Nateman
(If Mohammad was not the Anti Christ Mad Moe definitely comes in as a Strong second..)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
09/04/2023 11:58:58 PM PDT
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aquila48
(Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
To: Libloather
The number of times she orbited the moon? Was that before, or after she had a restaurant?
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09/05/2023 2:28:39 AM PDT
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Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
To: SunkenCiv
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So it DID work...
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09/05/2023 3:02:28 AM PDT
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Adder
(End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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09/05/2023 3:04:11 AM PDT
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Adder
(End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
To: Adder
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09/05/2023 3:05:13 AM PDT
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Adder
(End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
To: Magnum44
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09/05/2023 3:12:34 AM PDT
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Psalm 73
("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
To: frank ballenger
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09/05/2023 3:35:15 AM PDT
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norwaypinesavage
(The power of the press is not in what it includes, rather, it's in that which is omitted.)
To: doorgunner69
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09/05/2023 4:36:42 AM PDT
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steve8714
(Evidently the Oxford comma is racist, sexist, or homophobic. You decide which.)
To: SunkenCiv
This is a bunch of scientifically sound words liberally sprinkled with “theoretically” and “hypothetical”. As always, it needs (why?) to be studied (talked about) by providing funding for the adepts of the verbal diarrhea..
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09/05/2023 4:55:30 AM PDT
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exinnj
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kjam22
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