On Monday 12 January 2009 02:42:43 Ian Tickle wrote:
> Also I did a 'Google vote' for the two terms. 'Structure amplitude' has
> 11300 hits. 'Structure factor amplitude' has only 4750. So all round I
> would say that 'structure amplitude' wins by a considerable margin.
The field of crystagooglography is relatively young,
and standard procedures have not yet been established :-)
Here's what I get:
+"structure factor amplitude" 18,000 hits
+"structure amplitude" 17,100 hits
Ethan
>
> Cheers
>
> -- Ian
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pavel Afonine
> > Sent: 11 January 2009 03:01
> > To: Ethan A Merritt
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] structure (factor) amplitude
> >
> >
> >
> > On 1/10/2009 5:14 PM, Ethan A Merritt wrote:
> >
> > On Saturday 10 January 2009, Bernhard Rupp wrote:
> >
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I am getting conflicting comments on the use of
> > 'structure factor amplitude'
> > vs. just
> > 'structure amplitude'
> > for |F|.
> >
> >
> >
> > ???
> > That's just... odd.
> >
> > |F| is the amplitude of F.
> > But no way F is a "structure".
> >
> >
> >
> > I agree. If F is a structure factor then |F| is a structure
> > factor amplitude. "structure amplitude" doesn't make much sense...
> > Pavel.
>
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