Magnetic monopoles - locally

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<heh> I know what you're going to say. It ain't possible. And of course it isn't - globally. However, I've found a very interesting 1996 patent that creates one, locally inside the system - globally, of course, it isn't one. Here's the terrific quote from the patent:

The inner portion of the field generalizes into a monopole field, while the outer portion still shows the effect of the proximity to the outer poles. When viewed "locally" within the structure, the field is a monopole, but when viewed "globally" external to the structure, no apparent monopole exists. The generation of a "local" monopole field does not violate Maxwell's first law, since "globally" the net integral does not result in a monopole. But anything within the environment of the structure would still react to it as if it were a monopole.

Here's the link:

http://www.hellblazer.com/personal/mr_f ... fields.pdf