From harmonically modulated structures to quasicrystals

Grzegorz Urban (1) , Janusz Wolny (2)

1 Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science
2 Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science

A statistical approach was used to the modulated structures and some universal behaviours of probability distributions and their autocorrelation functions (average Patterson functions) were found. The method was also used to the analysis of the Fibonacci chain regarded as a multi-q modulated structure.

Mots clés: Physical Sciences

Grzegorz Urban, Janusz Wolny. From harmonically modulated structures to quasicrystals. Philosophical Magazine, 2005, 86 (03-05), pp.629-635. ⟨10.1080/14786430500251814⟩. ⟨hal-00513564⟩