Dear Dr. Ravel,

I am trying to optimize background removal of my spectra by setting the Rbkg to half the distance of the first shell peak. However, when I import my spectra in ATHENA, I notice that the edge step is a very large number and when converting to R space there are no well defined peaks. If I click on ‘fix step’, the R space becomes comprehendible and peaks appear. Do I continue using the ‘fix step’ and then setting Rbkg to half the distance of the first shell peak?

I appreciate your help.

Regards,

Hashem Stietiya