Experiments promote a curious flipside of decaying monopoles: A reality where particle physics is quite literally turned on its head
The field of quantum physics is rife with paths leading to tantalising new areas of study, but one rabbit hole offers a unique vantage point into a world where particles behave differently -- through the proverbial looking glass.
'This fundamental research opens new doors into understanding how these structures and their analogues in particle physics function in the universe,' Hall added. 'Think of the monopole as an egg teetering at the top of a hill,' Möttönen said. 'The slightest perturbations can send it crashing down. In the same way, monopoles are subject to noise that triggers their decay into Alice rings.'
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