Acta Crystallographica Section A

Foundations of Crystallography

Volume 58, Part 3 (May 2002)



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[Cover illustration] Cover illustration: Electrostatic equilibrium of simultaneous Coulomb attraction and core repulsion for an ensemble {\cal F}=(X_1^-,X_2^-); the conjoint centroids, shown in yellow, characterize force-free positions of the fragment inside the unit cell. For comparison, the pure Coulomb equilibrium is shown in the background. See Mädler, Behrends & Knorr [Acta Cryst. (2001). A57, 20-23].

obituaries


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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 211-214  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302004555 ]

Max Ferdinand Perutz 1914-2002

D. Blow

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research papers


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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 215-220  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302000843 ]

Local squaring functions

J. Roach and C. W. Carter Jr

Synopsis: A class of functions representing localized atomic form information is introduced and phase refinement and automated map interpretation aspects are investigated. A simple iterative phase refinement procedure based on atomic form constraints is applied to three small metalloproteins, with overall improvements of 20 to 40° in mean phase error and 0.2 in map correlation.

Online 1 May 2002


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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 221-231  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302000934 ]

The asymptotic leading term of anisotropic small-angle scattering intensities. II. Non-convex particles

J.-M. Schneider, S. Ciccariello, B. Schönfeld and G. Kostorz

Synopsis: The anisotropic Porod law is extended to particulate samples where particles have non-convex shapes with possible planar facets.

Online 1 May 2002


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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 232-243  [ doi:10.1107/S010876730200137X ]

Wavefunctions derived from experiment. III. Topological analysis of crystal fragments

I. Bytheway, D. J. Grimwood and D. Jayatilaka

Synopsis: A new constrained wavefunction model that utilizes experimental X-ray structure factors has been used to produce a charge density distribution for crystalline [alpha]-oxalic acid dihydrate. Topological and integrated atomic properties have been derived from this electron density, including estimates of the experimental errors associated with these quantities, and the influence of both the basis sets and the choice of experimental data on these properties has been examined.

Online 1 May 2002


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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 244-251  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302001381 ]

Wavefunctions derived from experiment. IV. Investigation of the crystal environment of ammonia

I. Bytheway, D. J. Grimwood, B. N. Figgis, G. S. Chandler and D. Jayatilaka

Synopsis: The constrained wavefunction procedure has been applied to experimental data for NH3. Different molecular environments have been used to construct the theoretical crystal and integrated atomic properties have been derived. The accuracy of these properties and the error in the experimental [sigma](k) values has been estimated.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 252-258  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302002854 ]

Three-beam X-ray diffraction in a semi-infinite perfect crystal

G. Thorkildsen and H. B. Larsen

Synopsis: The analytical theory for three-beam diffraction based on a Born series for the displacement field in a semi-infinite crystal is reexamined. Results are obtained in agreement with the Takagi-Taupin formalism.

Online 1 May 2002


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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 259-264  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302002891 ]

Energy landscape paving for X-ray structure determination of organic molecules

H.-P. Hsu, S. C. Lin and U. H. E. Hansmann

Synopsis: A new optimization approach, energy landscape paving, is employed for finding the crystal structure of organic molecules. The efficiency of this method is compared with simulated annealing.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 265-269  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302003781 ]

Ab initio determination of a crystal structure by means of the Schrödinger equation

K. Bethanis, P. Tzamalis, A. Hountas and G. Tsoucaris

Synopsis: The Schrödinger equation as the basis of a novel solution of the phase problem. Theoretical developments.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 270-282  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302001046 ]

Likelihood-based refinement. I. Irremovable model errors

V. Y. Lunin, P. V. Afonine and A. G. Urzhumtsev

Synopsis: Motivations to use likelihood-based residuals are discussed. The quadratic approximation of the likelihood function enables one to consider the likelihood-based refinement as a kind of conventional least-squares refinement and to study the differences between these criteria.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 283-291  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302004002 ]

Direct phasing by binary integer programming

V. Y. Lunin, A. Urzhumtsev and A. Bockmayr

Synopsis: The phase problem may be reduced to the solution of a system of linear inequalities in binary unknowns. Integer programming can be used for low-resolution ab initio phasing.

Online 1 May 2002


short communications


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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 292-294  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302001307 ]

Diffraction by partially occupied helices

A. K. Tsaturyan

Synopsis: An expression for cylindrically averaged intensity diffracted by a partially occupied helix (i.e. by a set of identical molecules bound to some points of a discrete helix) is derived. The result is compared with previous studies and its application to muscle diffraction is discussed.

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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 295-298  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302004592 ]

On the spectrum of fullerenes

Y. L. Voytekhovsky and D. G. Stepenshchikov

Synopsis: The most symmetrical C50 to C70 fullerenes with minimum numbers of pairs of adjacent pentagonal facets are considered in this paper.

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addenda and errata


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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 299-300  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302004695 ]

Normal-mode analysis of the structures of perovskites with tilted octahedra. Erratum

C. N. W. Darlington

Synopsis: Erratum to Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 66-71.

Online 18 April 2002


letters to the editor


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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 301  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302001368 ]

Corrections to Crystallographic Groups of Four-Dimensional Space by Brown et al. (1978) [New York: Wiley and Sons]

J. Neubüser, B. Souvignier and H. Wondratschek

Synopsis: An error is corrected in the tabulation of enantiomorphic space-group types given in the book Crystallographic Groups of Four-Dimensional Space by Brown et al. (1978).

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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 302  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302005573 ]

Ewald Prize awarded to Professor Michael Woolfson

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book reviews


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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 303-304  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302005585 ]

Physics meets mineralogy: condensed matter physics in the geosciences

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Acta Cryst. (2002). A58, 304  [ doi:10.1107/S0108767302003288 ]

Applications of neutron scattering to soft condensed matter

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