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Translations and coordinate transformation
In this post we will implement a submodule translation.jl to perform transformation of a vector in the reference coordinate to the internal coordinate of a scatterer. Translation and coordinate transformation will be discussed in detail.
The shape of scattering peaks and essential Julia language features
In this post we will implement a submodule, peak.jl, to model the shape of scattering peaks. Essential Julia language features will be introduced along the development of the submodule. You shall learn types, constructors, functions, methods, functors, modules, testing, and benchmarking after reading this post.
Brief introduction to the scattering theory and the Julia programming language
This is the first post of a series of blog posts published in Yi-Xin Liu’s research group website on an effort to demonstrate how to develop a software package for computing scattering and diffraction curves of individual or self-assembled nanoparticles, polymers as well as biological materials using Julia programming language. The purpose of this series of blog posts is in three folds: (1) to provide a source of concise understanding of the scattering theory especially for small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS); (2) to demonstrate the power of the Julia programming language in scientific computing; and (3) to serve as a detailed documentation for the Scattering.jl software package.
Where does Debye function come from?
This report performs weak inhomogeneity expansion for the continuous Gaussian chain model of a homopolymer in an external field. The aim is to understand where does the Debye function come from. This technique constitutes the main parts of the random phase approximation (RPA). By extending this technique from single-chain formulation to many-chain formulation and regarding the potential field arising from interaction with other chains in the same system as an external field, RPA is equivalent to the weak inhomogeneity expansion.