Abstract
We compare within an unifying formalism the dynamical properties of modulated and composite aperiodic (incommensurate) crystals. We discuss the concept of inner polarization and we define an inner polarization parameter beta that distinguishes between different acoustic modes of aperiodic crystals. Although this concept has its limitations, we show that it can be used to extract valuable information from neutron coherent inelastic scattering experiments. Within certain conditions, the ratio between the dynamic and the static structure factors at various Bragg peaks depends on beta. We show how the knowledge of beta for modes of an unknown structure can be used to decide whether the structure is composite or modulated. Furthermore, the same information can be used to predict scattered intensity within unexplored regions of the reciprocal space, being thus a guide for experiments
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