LOW-TEMPERATURE STABILITY OF QUASI-CRYSTALS

We discuss classical lattice-gas models without periodic ground states . To prove the thermodynamic stability of such systems we have to cons truct nonperiodic equilibrium states which are small perturbations of ground states. We review partial results in this direction and discuss possibilities of constructing a model with nonperiodic equilibrium st ates. It would be a microscopic (toy) model of a quasicrystal, a syste m of interacting particles with a stable nonperiodic equilibrium state .