[NewCandle] Image magnetic monopole charge

[Jones Beene]

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> I'm thinking that a very simple experiment would involve
depositing a metal film on the Bi2Te3, charging it to a high potential, and looking for the presence of a magnetic field. _Any_ field would be anomalous. A single charge should create a monopolar magnetic field.

There are a bunch of French and Russian experiments online claiming the formation of monopoles/ball lightning over a dielectric surface such as water following cap discharge. 

The implication being that the two are one and the same, or at least related somehow. I can dig up citations at some future date if needed. The Russian anme is unpronounceable ;-)

So why deposit a metal film at all? 

Yes, you need a minimially intrusive conductive pathway, but a film could be overkill, and may be too intrusive. 

Take the Bi2Te3, attach spaced-apart leads from a switched cap, and then spray a salt water mist on it before discharging the cap - just to see what happens in the simplest case. This can easily be refined if there is a slight indication of ball lightning.

The connection of BL and monopoles makes some sense to me, but is not a given. They have tied this in to Chernobyl, believe it or not.

Jones
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