Abstract
This paper contains a discussion of the orientational order model of the freezing transition for a classical, monoatomic liquid. It is argued that the orientational ordering is a more fundamental notion than the usually assumed periodic translational ordering. The model discussed allows then for a scenario of freezing in which liquids can freeze either into a crystal (with both translational and orientational long range correlations) or into a quasicrystal (with only orientational long range order). Possible extensions of the model as well as its relation to other models and theories of freezing are also discussed.
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