[Ifeffit] phase shift correction

[Ravel, Bruce]

Hi Bindu,

> > Why the peak in the Fourier transform of the experimental 
> > spectrum is less than the actual one. 

> The EXAFS equation is:

>               N S02 F(K)
>     chi(k) = ----------- exp(-2k^2 sigma^2) sin(2kR + phi(k))
>                 2kR^2

> In the oscillatory term, there is a piece that is the phase shift
> associated with the scattering of the photoelectron.  When you do a
> Fourier transform, the peak of the sin wave is not at R, rather it is
> shifted by an amount that depends on the size of phi(k).

That should be, of course, "...the peak of the *Fourier transform* of
the sine wave..."


B


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 EXAFS software: http://cars9.uchicago.edu/~ravel/software/exafs/


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