Hi all,
I want to use the xrd compute to obtain XRD powder patterns from a structure. As a simple test, I used bcc-Mo and the following input script: <https://gist.github.com/martok/9102b3e174e960e2f8a0be1fd8c7e3c4>
In general, this works well - but only for the "default" K-space lattice with c=1 1 1:
<http://puu.sh/yg4mv/758f9eda76.png>
Changing to a coarser lattice by increasing c>1 causes some peaks to be "missed" by the sampling - this is to be expected. Changing c<1 however completely destroys the result, effectively creating fake reflections at almost every K-space lattice point sampled:
<http://puu.sh/yg4n1/23f84d512b.png>
It is my understanding (which may be lacking...), that sampling points corresponding to angles of incidence that do not cause constructive interference should just cancel out (i.e. sum up to 0 in the final binning), so the final result should always be consistent?
The main consequence of this issue is that using a manual K-space lattice to compare different results is simply impossible, but the documentation clearly states that this should work, for example writing something like "c 0.05 0.05 0.05 manual".
Am I doing something wrong (probably) and if so, what?
Kind regards,
Sebastian