[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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