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Chapter 7.5 discusses the effects of statistical fluctuation on the measurement of diffracted intensities. Fixed-time counting and fixed-count timing are compared. Complicating factors, such as detector dead time and source fluctuations are analyzed. The problem of measured-as-negative intensities is discussed, and strategies for optimization of counting time are analyzed. This chapter is also available as HTML from the International Tables Online site hosted by the IUCr.
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Wilson, A.J.C. (2006). Statistical fluctuations. In: Prince, E. (eds) International Tables for Crystallography Volume C: Mathematical, physical and chemical tables. International Tables for Crystallography, vol C. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1107/97809553602060000608
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