title: Remark on the phase problem in crystallography.
abstract: The ambiguities found in determining a crystal structure from x-ray diffraction can be resolved if one takes into account the random thermal motion of the atoms.
mesh_terms: D005583:Fourier Analysis; D008433:Mathematics; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000379:methods*