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On physical scattering density fluctuations of amorphous samples

Classical Physics 2018-05-22 v1

Abstract

Using some rigorous results by Wiener [(1930). {\em Acta Math.} {\bf 30}, 118-242] on the Fourier integral of a bounded function and the condition that small-angle scattering intensities of amorphous samples are almost everywhere continuous, we obtain the conditions that must be obeyed by a function η(\br)\eta(\br) for this may be considered a physical scattering density fluctuation. It turns out that these conditions can be recast in the form that the VV\to\infty limit of the modulus of the Fourier transform of η(\br)\eta(\br), evaluated over a cubic box of volume VV and divided by V\sqrt{V}, exists and that its square obeys the Porod invariant relation. Some examples of one-dimensional scattering density functions, obeying the aforesaid condition, are also numerically illustrated.

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@article{arxiv.1805.07727,
  title  = {On physical scattering density fluctuations of amorphous samples},
  author = {Salvino Ciccariello and Piero Riell and A. Benedetti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.07727},
  year   = {2018}
}

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35 pages, 5 figure (2 figures consist of four panels)

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