After successful completion of the course, students are able to read and understand crystallographic publications; apply the basics of symmetry theory; recognize and avoid common traps and pitalls (e.g. rhombohedral vs. trigonal).
Symmetry: Coordinate system and -transformation, point group operation, crystal system, Laue class, lattice, symmetry group
Diffraction: kinematical diffraction; wave vector; interference; reciprocal space; Fourier transformation; absences; phase problem; Patterson function
J. P. Glusker & K. N. Trueblood: Crystal Structure Analysis - A Primer. Oxford University Press.
W. Massa: Kristallstrukturbestimmung. Teubner Verlag.
P. Luger: Modern X-ray Analysis on Single Crystals, DeGruyter Verlag
International Tables for Crystallography Vol A, A1, B, D, E. Wiley. (Kein Anfängertext)
A. V. Shubnikov: Symmetry in Science and Art. Springer. (Klassiker: Illustration der periodischen Gruppen - kein Lernmaterial).
