RT Journal Article T1 Stability of the Hard-Sphere Icosahedral Quasi-Lattice A1 Cataldo, H. M. A1 Fernández Tejero, Carlos AB The stability of the hard-sphere icosahedral quasilattice is analyzed using the differential formulation of the generalized effective liquid approximation. We find that the icosahedral quasilattice is metastable with respect to the hard-sphere crystal structures. Our results agree with recent findings by McCarley and Ashcroft [Phys.Rev. B 49, 15 600 (1994)] carried out using the modified weighted density approximation. PB American Physical Society SN 0163-1829 YR 1995 FD 1995-11-01 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58877 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/58877 LA eng NO © 1995 The American Physical Society. We thank R. Brito and J. M. R. Parrondo for useful discussions. H. M. Cataldo has been supported by Grants Nos. PID 97/93 from Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina) and EX100 from Universidad de Buenos Aires. C. F. Tejero acknowledges the DGICYT, Spain (Grant No. PB91-0378) for its financial support NO Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina) NO Universidad de Buenos Aires NO DGICYT, Spain DS Docta Complutense RD 20 abr 2025