Patterson function

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Patterson function [′pad·ər·sən ‚fəŋk·shən]

(solid-state physics)

A function of three spatial coordinates, constructed in the Patterson-Harker method, which has peaks at all vectors between two atoms in a crystal, the heights of the peaks being approximately proportional to the product of the atomic numbers of the corresponding atoms.

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