Abstract
Can commensurate states exist on incommensurate lattices? We introduce and study by simulated annealing a simple 1D model related to flux quantization on superconducting networks or charged particles on a substrate to answer this question. For periodic and quasicrystalline patterns we find a set of low-energy states related to both decimation symmetry and periodicity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1162-1165 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 60 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1988 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy