International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume D
Physical properties of crystals
Edited by A. Authier

International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. D. ch. 1.5, p. 140

Table 1.5.8.3 

A. S. Borovik-Romanova and H. Grimmerb*

a P. L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygin Street 2, 119334 Moscow, Russia, and bLabor für Neutronenstreuung, ETH Zurich, and Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5234 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
Correspondence e-mail:  hans.grimmer@psi.ch

Table 1.5.8.3 | top | pdf |
Classification of the 122 magnetic point groups according to magnetoelectric types

Type Inversions in the group Permitted terms in thermodynamic potential Magnetic point groups Number of magnetic point groups
1 [1'] E     EHH   [1'], [21'], [m1'], [mm21'], [41'], [4mm1'], [31'], [3m1'], [61'], [6mm1'] 10 31   49 122
2   E     EHH HEE [6'], [6'mm'] 2  
3   E   EH EHH HEE [mm2], [4mm], [4'], [4'mm'], [3m], [6mm] 6  
4   E H EH EHH HEE [1], [2], m, [2'], [m'], [m'm2'], [m'm'2], [4], [4m'm'], [3], [3m'], [6], [6m'm'] 13 31
5     H EH EHH HEE [2'2'2], [42'2'], [{\bar 4}], [{\bar 4} 2'm'], [32'], [62'2'] 6  
6     H   EHH HEE [{\bar 6}], [{\bar 6} m'2'] 2  
7 [{\bar 1}]   H     HEE [{\bar 1}], [2/m], [2'/m'], [m'm'm], [4/m], [4/mm'm'], [{\bar 3}], [{\bar 3} m'], [6/m], [6/mm'm'] 10  
8       EH EHH HEE [222], [{\bar 4}'], [422], [{\bar 4}2m], [4'22'], [{\bar 4}'2m'], [{\bar 4}'2'm], [32], [{\bar 6}'], [622], [{\bar 6}'m'2], [{\bar 6}'m2'], [23], [{\bar 4}'3m'] 14     73
9         EHH HEE [{\bar 6} m2], [6'22'] 2    
10       EH     432 1   19
11 [{\bar 1}']     EH     [{\bar 1}'], [2/m'], [2'/m], [mmm'], [m'm'm'], [4/m',] [4'/m'], [4/m'm'm'], [4/m'mm], [4'/m'm'm], [{\bar 3}'], [{\bar 3}'m'], [{\bar 3}'m], [6/m'], [6/m'm'm'], [6/m'mm], [m'{\bar 3}'], [m'{\bar 3}'m'] 18  
12         EHH   [{\bar 4}3m] 1   11
13 [1']       EHH   [2221'], [{\bar 4}1'], [4221'], [{\bar 4}2m1'], [321'], [{\bar 6}1'], [6221'], [{\bar 6}m21'], [231'], [{\bar 4}3m1'] 10  
14           HEE [4'32'] 1   11
15 [{\bar 1}]         HEE [mmm], [4'/m], [4/mmm], [4'/mmm'], [{\bar 3} m], [6'/m'], [6/mmm], [6'/m'm'm], [m{\bar 3}], [m{\bar 3} m'] 10  
16 [{\bar 1}']           [6'/m], [6'/mmm'], [m'{\bar 3}'m] 3   16
17 [1']           [4321'] 1  
18 [{\bar 1}]           [m{\bar 3} m] 1  
19 [{\bar 1}, \,1', \,{\bar 1}']           [{\bar 1}1'], [2/m1'], [mmm1'], [4/m1'], [4/mmm1'], [{\bar 3}1'], [{\bar 3} m1'], [6/m1'], [6/mmm1'], [m{\bar 3}1'], [m{\bar 3} m1'] 11