Theoretical and experimental status of magnetic monopoles

Reports on Progress in Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1637-1711

  Milton, Kimball A ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/69/6/R02     Document Type: Article

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