Magnetische Monopole in vereinheitlichten Eichtheorien
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Although refuted for a long time as a monstrosity, today’s concepts in elementary particle physics necessitate it on theoretical grounds: The existence of isolated elementary magnetic north- or south poles. If compared with a proton, the mass of such a monopole is estimated to be gigantic; comparable to that of an amoeba. Under the impact of the empirical success of unified gauge models, the search for monopoles has been steadily enforced with the aid of new detection methods.