title: Monoclinic sphere packings. I. Invariant, univariant and bivariant lattice complexes.
abstract: All homogeneous sphere packings were derived that refer to the two invariant, the four univariant and the three bivariant lattice complexes belonging to the monoclinic crystal system. In total, sphere packings of 29 types have been found. Only for five types is the maximal inherent symmetry of their sphere packings monoclinic whereas the inherent symmetry is orthorhombic for nine types, tetragonal for five types, hexagonal for six types and cubic for four types.
authors.affiliation: GZG Abteilung Kristallographie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Goldschmidtstrasse 1, Göttingen, 37077, Germany.
authors.forename: Heidrun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sowa
authors.affiliation: Institut für Mineralogie, Petrologie und Kristallographie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, Marburg, 35032, Germany.
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fischer
keywords: bivariant lattice complexes; invariant lattice complexes; monoclinic crystal system; sphere packings; univariant lattice complexes