ISSN:
1600-5724
Source:
Crystallography Journals Online : IUCR Backfile Archive 1948-2001
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Geosciences
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Physics
Notes:
If h1, h2, h3 are fixed reciprocal vectors which satisfy h1 + h2 + h3 = 0, and if k is the primitive, uniformly distributed random variable, then, under the assumption that each of |Eh1|, |E-h3 + k| is sufficiently small, the conditional probability distribution of the cosine invariant cos (φk + φ- h1 - k + φ- h2 + φ - h3), given |E - h3 + k|, |Ek|, Eh1 + k|, is found. The distribution leads to the surprising result that the conditional expected value of this cosine invariant is always negative and approaches - 1 with increasing |EkEh1 + kEh2Eh3|. If m, n, p, q are fixed reciprocal vectors satisfying m + n + p + q = 0, suitable sampling of reciprocal space then leads to a formula for the cosine invariant cos (φm + φn + φ p + φq) having probabilistic validity in the case that |Em + n|, |Em + p| and |Em + q| are sufficiently small. It follows, in particular, that under the stated conditions the value of the cosine is probably negative and the larger the value of |EmEnEpEq| the more negative the cosine is likely to be.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0567739474001136
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