.. _dab:

dab
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DAB (Debye Anderson Brumberger) Model

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Parameter  Description                     Units   Default value
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scale      Scale factor or Volume fraction None                1
background Source background               |cm^-1|         0.001
cor_length correlation length              |Ang|              50
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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**

.. math::

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

where scale is

.. math:: \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

.. math:: q = \sqrt{q_x^2 + q_y^2}



.. figure:: img/dab_autogenfig.png

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


**Source**

:download:`dab.py <src/dab.py>`

**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

**Source**

`dab.py <https://github.com/SasView/sasmodels/blob/master/sasmodels/models/dab.py>`_

**Authorship and Verification**

* **Author:**
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* **Last Reviewed by:** Steve King & Peter Parker **Date:** September 09, 2013
* **Source added by :** Steve King **Date:** March 25, 2019