Brillouin's zones


Zones for various crystals.

Face centered cubic lattice.
Body centered cubic lattice.

The following is MPEG movie of smooth transformation of Brillouin's zone.

BCC SC FCC
It isn't obvious how body centered cubic lattice is transformed to simple cubic and further to face centered cubic. The movie shows which faces are disapearing and being created in these transitions.

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