Hmmm.....
Sacha just threw another wrench into that discourse. Seems we are
also faced with a duality problem here:
Coming from a mathematical point of view treating F as a complex number,
structure factor magnitude or
structure factor modulus
is more logical and more direct.
If you are taking the physical pov (let's not go into detail there, btw)
*interpreting* the complex number as wave description
(and here I must say Ian's point wrt song title/name is well taken)
structure factor amplitude
is more logical.
Best, BR
Dear Bernhard,
First of all, happy new year !
> I am getting conflicting comments on the use of
> 'structure factor amplitude'
> vs. just
> 'structure amplitude' for |F|.
Even when "structure factor amplitude" (or "magnitude", following some
english-speaking persons?? If I am right I learned that M.Woolfson prefers
"magnitude". My English is too poor to judge) seems to be long, it seems to
be correct and have a clear meaning. That is not the case for "structure
amplitude". In that sens I agree with Ethan and Pavel.
With best wishes !
Sacha
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