.. _broad-peak:

broad_peak
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Broad peak on top of a power law decay

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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
porod_scale        Power law scale factor          None             1e-05
porod_exp          Exponent of power law           None                 3
peak_scale         Scale factor for broad peak     None                10
correlation_length screening length                |Ang|               50
peak_pos           Peak position in q              |Ang^-1|           0.1
width_exp          Exponent of peak width          None                 2
shape_exp          Exponent of peak shape          None                 1
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The returned value is scaled to units of |cm^-1| |sr^-1|, absolute scale.


**Definition**

This model calculates an empirical functional form for SAS data characterized
by a broad scattering peak. Many SAS spectra are characterized by a broad peak
even though they are from amorphous soft materials. For example, soft systems
that show a SAS peak include copolymers, polyelectrolytes, multiphase systems,
layered structures, etc.

The d-spacing corresponding to the broad peak is a characteristic distance
between the scattering inhomogeneities (such as in lamellar, cylindrical, or
spherical morphologies, or for bicontinuous structures).

The scattering intensity $I(q)$ is calculated as

.. math:: I(q) = \frac{A}{q^n} + \frac{C}{1 + (|q - q_0|\xi)^m}^p + B

Here the peak position is related to the d-spacing as $q_0 = 2\pi / d_0$.

$A$ is the Porod law scale factor, $n$ the Porod exponent, $C$ is the
Lorentzian scale factor, $m$ the exponent of $q$, $\xi$ the screening length,
and $B$ the flat background. $p$ generalizes the model. With m = 2 and p = 1
the Lorentz model is obtained whereas for m = 2 and p = 2 the Broad-Peak model
is identical to the Debye-Anderson-Brumberger (dab) model.

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/broad_peak_autogenfig.png

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


**Source**

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

**References**

None.

**Authorship and Verification**

* **Author:** NIST IGOR/DANSE **Date:** pre 2010
* **Last Modified by:** Dirk Honecker **Date:** May 28, 2021
* **Last Reviewed by:** Richard Heenan **Date:** March 21, 2016