Re: [Ifeffit] High SO2

2009-04-12 Thread Kaustubh Priolkar
: Saturday, 11 April, 2009 2:25:00 AM Subject: Re: [Ifeffit] High SO2 Scott, I read Abhijeets's But what I know about fitting is that we have to first fit the first shell and then keeping the first shell parameter constant , we go for the next shell and Jeremy's I typically p

Re: [Ifeffit] High SO2

2009-04-10 Thread Matt Newville
Scott, I read Abhijeets's But what I know about fitting is that we have to first fit the first shell and then keeping the first shell parameter constant , we go for the next shell and Jeremy's I typically perform the fitting as you suggest, at least in complicated systems, one shell at

Re: [Ifeffit] High SO2

2009-04-10 Thread Scott Calvin
Sorry, I wasn't trying to be provocative or confusing. I was following up on Abhijeet's original thread, which was about fitting a copper foil, presumably as practice for similar kinds of materials, such as alloys. I have seen many people in workshops proceed as he suggests with systems like

Re: [Ifeffit] High SO2

2009-04-10 Thread Matt Newville
Hi Scott, Sorry, I'm a little bit confused about what you are recommending for and against. Earlier today you said Well, I do know that many people do it that way, so it's not "wrong." But there are a number of problems with it: and By doing that [not fitting the 1st shell with the 2nd],

Re: [Ifeffit] High SO2

2009-04-10 Thread Scott Calvin
On Apr 10, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Matt Newville wrote: > In these cases, It is generally better to tell the fit to look only at > the higher shell so that the inherent misfit in the first shell > (inevitable, and generally of little importance to the result) does > not dominate the total fit uncertain

Re: [Ifeffit] High SO2

2009-04-10 Thread Matt Newville
Scott, For many cases, I think it makes very little difference if you first fit the first shell and then fit the second shell keeping "the first shell" fixed. That is, for many cases, the two are nearly completely separated. If they are not well separated, then you pretty much have to fit them t

Re: [Ifeffit] High SO2

2009-04-10 Thread Scott Calvin
Jeremy, I'm curious to understand this approach better. Just to confirm, as I understand it you do something like this: 1) Fit the first shell 2) Set the first-shell parameters to their best-fit values, expand the R-range and paths to include the second shell, and guess parameters related t

Re: [Ifeffit] High SO2

2009-04-10 Thread Kropf, Arthur Jeremy
sis using Ifeffit Subject: Re: [Ifeffit] High SO2 Hi Abhijeet, Well, I do know that many people do it that way, so it's not "wrong." But there are a number of problems with it: * You're locking in errors, rather than using additional data to improve your fit. After all,

Re: [Ifeffit] High SO2

2009-04-10 Thread Scott Calvin
Hi Abhijeet, Well, I do know that many people do it that way, so it's not "wrong." But there are a number of problems with it: * You're locking in errors, rather than using additional data to improve your fit. After all, the fit to the first shell has uncertainty, given by the error bars. B

[Ifeffit] High SO2

2009-04-10 Thread abhijeet gaur
Hello Scott Sir, I got that ifeffit basically works on the principle of making the theoretical data look similar to experimental data. But what I know about fitting is that we have to first fit the first shell and then keeping the first shell parameter constant , we go for

Re: [Ifeffit] High SO2 value

2009-04-09 Thread Scott Calvin
Hi Abhijeet, There is no reason to fit the S02 separately for all shells. You should use the same S02 parameter for all shells. Ifeffit's job is to adjust the squiggly curve that comes out of the model until it looks like the squiggly curve that comes from the data. That's it. It doesn't kn

[Ifeffit] High SO2 value

2009-04-09 Thread abhijeet gaur
Hi all, I am fitting a copper foil. I fit the first shell by using first ss path and got it fitted nicely. Then keeping the parameters for the first shell to be fixed , I tried to fit the second shell by taking first and second ss but it is always coming a littel displaced and not fitting