[Ifeffit] quotation of figures
Richard Mayes
mayes at ion.chem.utk.edu
Wed Jul 16 15:41:18 CDT 2008
>
> I also dislike the phrase "Debye-Waller factor" for the exafs disorder
> term. In crystallography, the Debye-Waller factor refers to disorder
> of atoms about their lattice positions. In exafs, the disorder is
> about the path length of the N-body configuration -- clearly not the
> same thing. I am, apparently, in the minority on this topic --
> "Debye-Waller factor" is in wide use in the exafs literature. But, as
> everyone here knows, I often like to stand up on my soapbox and yell
> into the crowd. ;-)
>
Bruce,
While you're on your soapbox, if we drop "Debye-Waller factor" to describe
the EXAFS disorder term, would you suggest using only "disorder" or do you
have a better phrase to use?
Rich
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