A higher dimensional description of the structure of \(\beta\)-Mn (Q350622)

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A higher dimensional description of the structure of \(\beta\)-Mn
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    A higher dimensional description of the structure of \(\beta\)-Mn (English)
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    9 December 2016
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    Summary: The structure of \(\beta\)-Mn crystallizes in space group \(\text P4_132\). The pseudo 8-fold nature of the \(4_1\) axes makes it constitute an approximant to the octagonal quasicrystals. In this paper we analyze why a five-dimensional super space group containing mutually perpendicular 8-fold axes cannot generate \(\text P4_132\) on projection to 3-d space and how this may instead be accomplished from a six-dimensional model. A procedure for generating the actual structure of \(\beta\)-Mn lifted to six-dimensional space is given.
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    octagonal quasicrystal
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    approximant
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    six-dimensional space
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