Magnetic point groups and space groups
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| author | Lifshitz, Ron |
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| contents | The spatial symmetry of matter - including finite objects like molecules or atomic clusters, and extended objects like periodic or aperiodic crystals - is described using point groups and space groups. Magnetic point groups and space groups are the simplest extension of this description, to matter whose atomic constituents possess a property that can take one of two possible values, like the "up" or "down" orientations of a magnetic moment, or a spin. Magnetic groups - also known as antisymmetry groups, Shubnikov groups, Heesch groups, Opechowski-Guccione groups, as well as dichromatic, 2-color, or simply black-and-white groups - are here defined, and their structure and notation explained, while providing some pedagogical examples of their enumeration. The resulting magnetic selection rules, or extinctions, in neutron diffraction experiments are discussed. Further extensions to color groups and spin groups are briefly described. |
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| spellingShingle | Magnetic point groups and space groups Lifshitz, Ron Materials Science The spatial symmetry of matter - including finite objects like molecules or atomic clusters, and extended objects like periodic or aperiodic crystals - is described using point groups and space groups. Magnetic point groups and space groups are the simplest extension of this description, to matter whose atomic constituents possess a property that can take one of two possible values, like the "up" or "down" orientations of a magnetic moment, or a spin. Magnetic groups - also known as antisymmetry groups, Shubnikov groups, Heesch groups, Opechowski-Guccione groups, as well as dichromatic, 2-color, or simply black-and-white groups - are here defined, and their structure and notation explained, while providing some pedagogical examples of their enumeration. The resulting magnetic selection rules, or extinctions, in neutron diffraction experiments are discussed. Further extensions to color groups and spin groups are briefly described. |
| title | Magnetic point groups and space groups |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0406675 |