Science on Flight Day 11 of MSL-1
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... a diffraction pattern, a map of the intensity of the X-rays after they reflect through the crystal. This is a lot like shining a laser through a chandelier. A disorderly chandelier will yield a noisy pattern. A well-made chandelier - or, in our case, a well-ordered crystal - yields a series of sharp diffraction patterns. From these we build ... |
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