Debye-Waller X-ray: I/I_0(q=0) = 1; I/I_0(q=sqrt(ln2/⟨u²⟩)) = 1/2; I/I_0(⟨u²⟩=0) = 1

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the biophysical-chemistry subtree

Attenuation-factor evaluations: I/I_0(q = 0) = 1 exactly (no-attenuation at forward scattering); I/I_0(q = sqrt(ln(2)/⟨u²⟩)) = 1/2 exactly (half-intensity q-witness); I/I_0(⟨u²⟩ = 0) = 1 exactly (static-lattice limit). Canonical pins:…

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Debye-Waller framework: I(q)/I_0 = exp(−⟨u²⟩·q²) (thermal-displacement Gaussian-in-q² attenuation)
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