International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume G
Definition and exchange of crystallographic data
Edited by J. R. Hester and B. McMahon

International Tables for Crystallography (2026). Vol. G. Early view chapter
https://doi.org/10.1107/97809553602060001011

Chapter 4.2 Core dictionary (coreCIF)


Index

Core dictionary version 3.3.0

_space_group.Patterson_name_H-M

Name:
_space_group.Patterson_name_H-M

Definition:

   
    The Hermann-Mauguin symbol of the type of that centrosymmetric
    symmorphic space group to which the Patterson function belongs;
    see Table 2.1.3.3 in International Tables for Crystallography
    Volume A (2016).

    A space separates each symbol referring to different axes.
    Underscores may replace the spaces, but this use is discouraged.
    Subscripts should appear without special symbols.
    Bars should be given as negative signs before the number
    to which they apply.

    Reference: International Tables for Crystallography (2016). Volume A,
     Space-group symmetry, edited by M. I. Aroyo, 6th ed., Table 2.1.3.3.
     Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Examples:

'P -1'
'P 2/m'
'C 2/m'
'P m m m'
'C m m m'
'I m m m'
'F m m m'
'P 4/m'
'I 4/m'
'P 4/m m m'
'I 4/m m m'
'P -3'
'R -3'
'P -3 m 1'
'R -3 m'
'P -3 1 m'
'P 6/m'
'P 6/m m m'
'P m -3'
'I m -3'
'F m -3'
'P m -3 m'
'I m -3 m'
'F m -3 m'

Type: Text

Category:
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