International
Tables for
Crystallography
Volume B
Reciprocal space
Edited by U. Shmueli

© International Union of Crystallography 2006
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. B. ch. 4.5, p. 473   | 1 | 2 |

Figure 4.5.2.1 

R. P. Millanea*
[Figure 4.5.2.1]
Figure 4.5.2.1

Fibre diffraction geometry (see text). O is the origin of reciprocal space and OA is normal to the incident X-ray beam. Reciprocal space is rotated about OY so that the Z axis is inclined at an angle β to OA. Q is the projection of P onto the plane containing the incident beam and OY.