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. 141

Table 1.5.8.4 

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 1.5.8.4 | top | pdf |
List of the magnetic point groups of the ferromagnetoelectrics

Symbol of symmetry group Allowed direction of
Schoenflies Hermann–Mauguin P M
[{\bi C}_1] 1 Any Any
[{\bi C}_2] 2 [ \parallel 2] [\parallel 2]
[{\bi C}_2({\bi C}_1)] [2'] [ \parallel 2'] [\perp 2']
[{\bi C}_s={\bi C}_{1h}] m [ \parallel m] [\perp m]
[{\bi C}_s({\bi C}_1)] [m'] [ \parallel m'] [ \parallel m']
[{\bi C}_{2v}({\bi C}_2)] [m'm'2] [ \parallel 2] [ \parallel 2]
[{\bi C}_{2v}({\bi C}_s)] [m'm2'] [ \parallel 2'] [\perp m ]
[{\bi C}_4] [4] [ \parallel 4] [ \parallel 4]
[{\bi C}_{4v}({\bi C}_4)] [4m'm'] [ \parallel 4] [ \parallel 4]
[{\bi C}_3] [3] [ \parallel 3] [ \parallel 3]
[{\bi C}_{3v}({\bi C}_3)] [3m'] [ \parallel 3] [ \parallel 3]
[{\bi C}_6] [6] [ \parallel 6] [ \parallel 6]
[{\bi C}_{6v}({\bi C}_6)] [6m'm'] [ \parallel 6] [ \parallel 6]