Physicists Identify 'Octupolar' Magnetism, With Implications for Quantum Technologies

While most magnets have two poles (north and south, or positive and negative), recent advances in quantum mechanics have revealed an "octupolar order," writes Phys.org, where a pattern of particles in a crystalline structure "behaves as if it has eight magnetic poles rather than the familiar two." Now, a team led by quantum physicists at the... Weiterlesen: Physicists Identify 'Octupolar' Magnetism, With Implications for Quan…