Magnetic quasicrystals: What can we expect to see in their neutron diffraction data?

Abstract

The theory of magnetic symmetry in quasicrystals is used to characterize the nature of magnetic peaks, expected in elastic neutron diffraction experiments. It is established that there is no symmetry-based argument which forbids the existence of quasiperiodic long-range magnetic order. Suggestions are offered as to where one should look for the simplest kinds of antiferromagnetic quasicrystals.Comment: 4 pages. Submitted to Materials Science and Engineering