Correcting for over absorption

Hi Matthew, I was re-reading the larch documentation as my data is suffering for over absorption and was wondering how I can go about implementing the correction factor. I am primarily using the data for EXAFS analysis and was also wondering if this technique is still questionable for EXAFS. Thank you! Cameron

Hi Cameron, Larch implements and exposes the FLUO algorithm for correcting overabsorption in XANES and mu(E). But it doesn't have the EXAFS-facing over-absorption corrections (as list at https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://bruceravel.github.io/demeter/documents/At... ) I have not looked at this in detail, but I believe that the Booth and "Atoms" (Ravel?) algorithms were reasonably robust and easy to implement (like, tens of lines of code, although I think maybe Booth had a "thin film limit" that was a bit trickier). These should not be too hard to add. But maybe this is a good chance for someone to revisit all of those algorithms and help decide which to implement. I am fine with adding multiple choices, but too many choices and no guidance on which to use might not be the best solution ;). I believe that all the algorithms assume a single pair of angles (in and out), whereas the Trevorah work that Chris referenced allows for different angles to each of a multi-element detector. I think that would be fine to have - lots of EXAFS is measured with multi-element detectors. I don't know very many people (including me) who have good measurements of those angles for each detector element, but maybe that should be encouraged ;). On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM cameron.mollazadeh--- via Ifeffit < ifeffit@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov> wrote:
Hi Matthew,
I was re-reading the larch documentation as my data is suffering for over absorption and was wondering how I can go about implementing the correction factor. I am primarily using the data for EXAFS analysis and was also wondering if this technique is still questionable for EXAFS.
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