A simple derivation of quasi-crystalline spectra

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, , Citation R K P Zia and W J Dallas 1985 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 18 L341 DOI 10.1088/0305-4470/18/7/002

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Abstract

A quasi-crystalline solid is an aperiodic array of atoms which gives rise to Bragg-like diffraction peaks. Using the projection method for generating such structures, the authors provide a simple derivation of this paradoxical behaviour.

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