[Ifeffit] quotation of figures

[Scott Calvin]

Hi Rich,

"Mean-square radial disorder" (MSRD) is one good alternative.

I'll also point out another bit of ambiguity with "Debye-Waller  
factor" aside from the confusion with the XRD term. Some EXAFS  
practitioners use Debye-Waller factor to indicate all disorder-type  
modifications to the EXAFS equation, including higher cumulants. Most  
use it only for the Gaussian part; i.e. the second cumulant. Another  
good reason to avoid the term.

--Scott Calvin
Sarah Lawrence College

On Jul 16, 2008, at 4:41 PM, Richard Mayes wrote:

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>> 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. ;-)
>>
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> 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