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

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

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." ...