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Basic Maths for Protein Crystallographers |
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The length of the reciprocal lattice vector ha*+kb*+lc*
is called d* and equals
2sinq/l.
Crystallographers often define S as (d* )² or
4sin²q/l².
Protein crystallographers talk about resolution in terms of 1/d* (or d), hence the 'high resolution'
limit is actually a small number.