Building up a face centered cubic lattice

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A face centered cubic lattice

• Consider:

1. a cubic simulation box whose sides are of length $\left.L\right.$
2. a number of lattice positions, $\left.M\right.$ given by $\left.M=4m^{3}\right.$,

with $m$ being a positive integer

• The $\left.M\right.$ positions are those given by:

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left\{ \begin{array}{l} x_a = i_a \times (\delta l) \\ y_a = j_a \times (\delta l) \\ z_a = k_a \times (\delta l) \end{array} \right\} }

where the indices of a given valid site are integer numbers that must fulfill the following criteria

• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 0 \le i_a < 2m }
• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 0 \le j_a < 2m }
• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle 0 \le k_a < 2m } ,
• the sum of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left. i_a + j_a + k_a \right. } must be, for instance, an even number.

with Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left. \delta l = L/(2m) \right. }

Atomic position(s) on a cubic cell

• Number of atoms per cell: 4
• Coordinates:

Atom 1: Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left( x_1, y_1, z_1 \right) = \left( 0, 0, 0 \right) }

Atom 2: Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left( x_2, y_2, z_2 \right) = \left( 0 , \frac{l}{2}, \frac{l}{2}\right) }

Atom 3: Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left( x_3, y_3, z_2 \right) = \left( \frac{l}{2}, 0, \frac{l}{2} \right) }

Atom 4: Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \left( x_4, y_4, z_2 \right) = \left( \frac{l}{2}, \frac{l}{2}, 0 \right) }

Cell dimensions:

• $a=b=c=l$

• Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \alpha = \beta = \gamma = 90^0 }

x=j+k,y=k+i,z=i+j