In a magnet, there are two poles. One is called the north; and the other one, the south. This has been argued to come in pairs. When a magnet is broken into two, then ends of the magnets turn into another pole where the north pole side would generate a south pole, and the south pole side would generate a north pole. For a very long time, it has been claimed that there is no such thing as magnetic monopoles due to this phenomena. However, two scientists particularly Dirac and Hall, defends their existence.
Paul Dirac was a theoretical physicist who passed away during the 1980s. Before his demise, he has claimed the existence of monopoles. However, he did so without experimental evidence. He was only able to publish his insights that scopes the nature of this monopoles.
David Hall is a professor of physics who has experimented with Bose-Einstein condensate. Bose-Einstein condensate is the instrument he used to synthesize magnetic dipoles, and with that magnetic monopoles. It was after several technical reparations before Hall and his team was able to generate a synthetic monopole.
The feasibility of generating synthetic monopoles, Hall argued, opens the possibility of the existence of magnetic monopoles. Like different experimentations with the Bose-Einstein condensate, it would pave way to actually discovering them - like how poking with electric and magnetic fields leads to the understanding of the development of high-temperature superconductors.
What are the benefits of discovering an actual magnetic monopole? If such a thing exist, then it would open wonders to an entirely new technology that would deviate the belief and consideration of magnetic dipoles.
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