The author of confusion: North/South Poles and Polarity

[CARN0T]

@ CARNOT:
"They say the day you stop thinking is the day you die."

In that case, we may just live forever.   

Ernie Rogers

[gravityblock]

In that case, we may just live forever.   

Ernie Rogers

The question is, will we have any of our sanity left from all this thinking.

[broli]

This is really an interesting topic as it shows tat magnetic fields are completely unintuitive. If you indeed consider it to be two monopole particles like electrical charge you'll soon find out the part in between them does not match

Below is an interesting comic I made that will challenge your knowledge. (Best open it in a separate window/tab)

Everyday I feel like a kid that rediscovers the outside world. I feel like I have gotten wiser but have learned nothing at the same time. The knowledge anyone posses is a mere drop in the ocean of knowledge.

[CARN0T]

Hello, Broli,

Your electric dipole field looks fine.  Do you remember this Maxwell equation?

     div B  =  0

One meaning is that the magnetic flux lines don't terminate.  Even with a permanent magnet, the lines must continue through the center to form complete loops, similar to the field within a coil.

Ernie Rogers

[broli]

I don't see gaus's law like that. Instead of saying the flux is zero it says more that...you can never enclose a magnetic monopole. The dipole will always end up out of the enclosed surface thus making the flux zero. This makes sense because a magnetic dipole are not two particles like gravity block said. But they are more one entity. A magnetic dipole is thus misnamed and should be named magnetic moment to stop the confusion. But this doesn't mean a magnetic monopole doesn't exists.