dab

DAB (Debye Anderson Brumberger) Model

Parameter	Description	Units	Default value
scale	Source intensity	None	1
background	Source background	cm-1	0.001
cor_length	correlation length	Å	50

The returned value is scaled to units of cm^-1 sr^-1, absolute scale.

Calculates the scattering from a randomly distributed, two-phase system based on the Debye-Anderson-Brumberger (DAB) model for such systems. The two-phase system is characterized by a single length scale, the correlation length, which is a measure of the average spacing between regions of phase 1 and phase 2. The model also assumes smooth interfaces between the phases and hence exhibits Porod behavior $(I \sim q^{-4})$ at large $q$, $(qL \gg 1)$.

The DAB model is ostensibly a development of the earlier Debye-Bueche model.

Definition

$$I(q) = \text{scale}\cdot\frac{L^3}{(1 + (q\cdot L)^2)^2} + \text{background}$$

where scale is

$$\text{scale} = 8 \pi \phi (1-\phi) \Delta\rho^2$$

and the parameter $L$ is the correlation length.

For 2D data the scattering intensity is calculated in the same way as 1D, where the $q$ vector is defined as

$$q = \sqrt{q_x^2 + q_y^2}$$

Fig. 97 1D plot corresponding to the default parameters of the model.

References

P Debye, H R Anderson, H Brumberger, Scattering by an Inhomogeneous Solid. II. The Correlation Function and its Application, J. Appl. Phys., 28(6) (1957) 679

P Debye, A M Bueche, Scattering by an Inhomogeneous Solid, J. Appl. Phys., 20 (1949) 518

2013/09/09 - Description reviewed by King, S and Parker, P.