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  Theorie der Quasikristalle (PS) (Seminar on Physics: Theory of quasicrystals)

Lecturers
Miriam Martinsons, M. Sc., Prof. Dr. Michael Schmiedeberg, Dr. Matthieu Marechal

Details
Seminar
2 cred.h, compulsory attendance, ECTS studies, ECTS credits: 5, Sprache Englisch, mündliche Prüfung
Time and place: Thu 8:15 - 10:00, SR 01.683

Fields of study
WPF Ph-BA ab 5
WPF Ph-MA ab 1
WPF PhM-BA ab 5
WPF PhM-MA ab 1

Prerequisites / Organisational information
Startsemester: SS 2016
Dauer: 1 Semester
Präsenzzeit: 30 Std.
Eigenstudium: 120 Std.

Contents
Quasicrystals are well-ordered structures without translational symmetry. They might posses interesting rotational symmetry that are not allowed in periodic crystals. Since there is no unit cell in a quasicrystal, many theoretical concepts that originally have been developed for periodic structures cannot be applied to quasicrystals. Furthermore, additional degrees of freedom exist in quasicrystals leading to additional modes called phasons.

Topics:
1. Space Groups of periodic crystals
2. The discovery of quasicrystals
3. The history of aperiodic tilings
4. Constructing quasicrystalline patterns: Inflation methods and projections from hyperspace
5. General symmetry properties of quasicrystals
6. Additional degrees of freedom in quasicrystals
7. Elastic properties and defects in quasicrystals
8. Stability of quasicrystals
9. Tailoring colloidal quasicrystals
10. A phase field crystal model for quasicrystals
11. Applications of quasicrystals
12. What is a crystal? Definitions, recent discussions, and outlook

Recommended literature
Will be provided individually for each talk.

ECTS information:
Credits: 5

Additional information
Maximale Teilnehmerzahl: 12
www: http://www.studon.uni-erlangen.de/crs1460567.html

Assigned lectures
AG: Arbeitsgemeinschaft zur Theorie der Quasikristalle
Lecturers: Prof. Dr. Michael Schmiedeberg, Miriam Martinsons, M. Sc., Dr. Matthieu Marechal
Time and place: Wed 10:00 - 12:00, SR 02.779

Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
Startsemester SS 2016:
Seminar: Theorie der Quasikristalle (PS)

Department: Professur für Theoretische Physik (Prof. Dr. Schmiedeberg)
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