The elusive magnetic monopole may well have been found by J.Morris, A.Tennant and others at the Helmholtz Centre & elsewhere. The graphic shows how magnetic monopoles can exist at the end of tubes – called Dirac strings – that carry magnetic field.
MMs carry magnetic charge and were theorized to exist by the great Paul Dirac in 1931.
Magnetic monopoles detected in a real magnet for the first time – PhysOrg, September 3 2009
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If only Paul Dirac could have lived to see the day!
Sounds like a lot of people are taking credit for this discovery. I wonder who made it first.