This is a calculated diffraction pattern in false-color intensity (red is bright, black is dark). Upper insets represent two different dance moves, both of which could be represented by the Vitruvian Man, but the coordinated motions are lost if all you have is the time-averaged image in black-and-white (middle inset). Bottom insets are backbone traces of the actual protein molecules used to calculate the diffraction. The tiny little specks peppering the image are the Bragg spots, which define the average appearance of the molecule over time. Almost everything we know about atoms comes from Bragg data. All that stuff in between the Bragg spots is the Diffuse Scatter, and it tells us how the atoms dance.
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