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The choice of oscillation range reflects a compromise between conflicting targets - in order of importance: | The choice of oscillation range reflects a compromise between conflicting targets - in order of importance: | ||
# preventing reflection overlap at high resolution (see table at end of [[IDXREF.LP]]) - lower oscillation range is better | # preventing reflection overlap at high resolution (see table at end of [[IDXREF.LP]]) - for a given total rotation range, lower oscillation range is better | ||
# optimizing the signal-to-noise ratio - lower oscillation range is better (but see below) | # optimizing the signal-to-noise ratio - lower oscillation range is better (but see below) | ||
# minimizing the readout noise (should be 2-10 counts per pixel for CCD, and 0 for pixel array detectors) - larger oscillation range is better | # minimizing the readout noise (should be 2-10 counts per pixel for CCD, and 0 for pixel array detectors) - larger oscillation range is better | ||
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The following aspects need to be considered when choosing the oscillation range: | The following aspects need to be considered when choosing the oscillation range: | ||
* crystal mosaicity: choosing the oscillation range less than (crystal mosaicity / 2) will not further increase the signal-to-noise ratio - see Müller et al (2012) ''Acta Cryst''. '''D68''', 42 ([http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S0907444911049833 open access]) | |||
* the maximum oscillation range to prevent angular overlap can be calculated from cell parameters and crystal orientation, and the mosaicity. Specifically, the mosaicity must be ''subtracted'' from the value given in the table at the end of [[IDXREF.LP]] (if the mosaicity is bigger than the table value, of course a positive value for the oscillation range must be chosen, but there ''will'' then be overlaps). | |||
In the absence of mosaicity information (or assuming a mosaicity of 0.3° or less), a reasonable default value for crystals that diffract to 2A resolution or less, and longest (primitive!) unit cell axis of 150A or less is, in my opinion (and as suggested in publications by Phil Evans and Jim Pflugrath which should be referenced here: | |||
* around 0.25-0.5° for CCD detectors | * around 0.25-0.5° for CCD detectors | ||
* around 0.1° for the Pilatus detector | * around 0.1° for the Pilatus detector | ||