Published February 1989 | Version v1
Journal article Metadata-only

Packing of equal discs on a parabolic spiral lattice

Creators

  • 1. Melbourne Univ., Parkville (Australia)

Description

A contact disc model is investigated to determine the most closely-packed parabolic spiral lattice. The most space-efficient packings have divergence angles in agreement with the priority ranking of natural spiral structures

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Modern Physics Letters B
Journal Volume
3
Journal Issue
2
Series
Mod. Phys. Lett. B.
Journal Page Range
119-124
CODEN
MPLBE

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21000115
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL LATTICES; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; LATTICE FIELD THEORY; LATTICE PARAMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPIRAL CONFIGURATION
Descriptors DEC
CONFIGURATION; CONSTRUCTIVE FIELD THEORY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FIELD THEORIES; INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; TRANSFORMATIONS