Re: [Ifeffit] Question on GDS values: amp

2011-08-02 Thread Scott Calvin
Hi Nic, On Aug 2, 2011, at 6:41 AM, nicholas@csiro.au wrote: Just a sidenote, is the general workflow for fitting XAFS data the following: Fit first shell and get reasonable Enot and Amp and then make set them, then incrementally add more of the scatter paths and adjust the delR for

Re: [Ifeffit] Question on GDS values: amp

2011-08-02 Thread Bruce Ravel
Nic, I think that you have rediscovered something many of us have found before you. If your fit is wonky -- an E0 of >50 for instance -- that usually means you have made a mistake in your starting structure. In this case, there was a problem in the crystal data. Sonetimes one presumes, say, a

Re: [Ifeffit] Question on GDS values: amp

2011-08-02 Thread Nicholas.Tse
these type of analysis. Many thanks, Nic -Original Message- From: ifeffit-boun...@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov [mailto:ifeffit-boun...@millenia.cars.aps.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Dominik Samuelis Sent: Tuesday, 2 August 2011 7:15 PM To: XAFS Analysis using Ifeffit Subject: Re: [Ifeffit] Questi

Re: [Ifeffit] Question on GDS values: amp

2011-08-01 Thread Bruce Ravel
On Monday, August 01, 2011 12:36:19 am nicholas@csiro.au wrote: > Just wondering what could I do to make the amp guess value as a positive > number? If I run it and let it float (i.e. guess), the amp becomes > negative in the resulting fits, but the fit has nice delr and ss values > (i.e. make

Re: [Ifeffit] Question on GDS values: amp

2011-08-01 Thread Dominik Samuelis
Dear Nic, this sounds like your fit is shifted to the experimental chi(k) by half an oscillation period. Typically, you can recognize this by looking at the enot value. So what is your enot value like? Does it help changing the enot starting value by a couple of eV? Finally, (and this is a FAQ

Re: [Ifeffit] Question on GDS values: amp

2011-08-01 Thread Scott Calvin
Hi Nic, The delr and ss values may adopt reasonable values with a negative amp, but they're almost certainly not the right values. A negative amp turns the chi(k) upside-down. To make it ft, the other parameters then have to shift the graph over by half an oscillation, yielding values of

[Ifeffit] Question on GDS values: amp

2011-07-31 Thread Nicholas.Tse
Dear All, Just wondering what could I do to make the amp guess value as a positive number? If I run it and let it float (i.e. guess), the amp becomes negative in the resulting fits, but the fit has nice delr and ss values (i.e. make sense). If I restrict the amp value to 1, everything else does