reflectivity / slddb

Database to store material information and use it to calculate neutron and x-ray SLDs
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SLD nomenclature #1

Closed aglavic closed 3 years ago

aglavic commented 4 years ago

How should I call SLD for neutron an x-rays? (delta, rho, ...?)

The term SLD actually is only correct for neutrons, what could be a general term? Scattering Power Density? What is the primary unit for x-ray SLD? I used Å^-2 as standard unit for neutrons, but I don't think that's used a lot for x-rays.

aglavic commented 3 years ago

As no strong feelings were raised I settled for the following: