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We are currently studying Moving charges and magnetism in school and we learned that moving charges produce magnetic field and that magnetic dipole moments also produce it.However, magnetic monopoles don't exist.If then, how does a moving point charge produce a magnetic field.It has to be a moving dipole???

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  • $\begingroup$ An excellent question! I think it has been answered here: physics.stackexchange.com/q/65335 Is this what you're asking about? $\endgroup$
    – kkm mistrusts SE
    Commented Dec 16, 2023 at 19:59
  • $\begingroup$ Maaz, the electron is both (with the same "authorisation") - an electric charge AND a magnetic dipole. In a permanent magnet, the magnetic dipoles of the electrons are aligned in such a way that they produce a total magnetic field. The magnetic field is as real as an electric field $\endgroup$
    – HolgerFiedler
    Commented Dec 21, 2023 at 4:01

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