Dear all! I haven't been able to find a similar question/issue in the previous threads, so I hope someone can help me figure out what is going on. I am trying to fit a Carbon EXAFS spectra, using graphite as a model. I am first focusing on just the first two single scattering paths, so I calculated the theoretical paths with FEFF in Larch and tried using them to fit the spectra. I was consistently getting slightly lower distances than expected, but otherwise an OK fit. The issue is, I tried to compare the analysis with a colleague who is using Athena. At first glance the EXAFS spectra, using the exact same parameters, looked very similar (but not exactly the exactly the same, this I attributed to Larch using a different autobk procedure). I would have however expected the theoretical paths to match exactly, if they were calculated and plotted with the same parameters. But they were also slightly different. I then downloaded Athena and spent time trying to find where the differences come from. If I compare the first two calculated shells from Larch with the ones from Athena, with exactly the same set of test parameters (S02 = 1, E0 = 0, dr1 = 0, s2_1 = 0, dr2 = 0, s2_2 = 0), the resulting models do not match. I made sure the paths are calculated from the came .cif file in both cases, use FEFF6, have the same calculated reference distances, same FT... So, my main question is, am I missing something important in regards to calculations, why would the calculated paths be different and which one would be the "correct" one to use for the fit? And the other question would be about the fact that EXAFS spectra of experimental data look slightly different using Larch and Athena, am I right in disregarding this, or should I dig deeper and find the source of discrepancy? I am enclosing a plot of just the calculated first two shells from Athena and Larch (FT: kmin = 2, kmax = 7.5, Fittting in R space, kw = 3, kWindow = Hanning, dk = 1.0, Rmin = 0.6, Rmax = 2.1) along with the cif file I ended up using for testing the differences. If it would be helpful, I can also provide the project files and larch script I used for the dataset, but I am mainly interested in understanding the differences seen in the theoretical parts first. I tested this using Larch v 0.9.72 and Demeter 0.9.26 Thank you ver much for the help, and If I need to provide any additional info please let me know. kind regards, Ava -- Ava Rajh
