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Image 2: Regions where the data dithered into a plate gap



There are two plate gaps in the HRC-S detector: one at ~50 Å and the other at ~60 Å. The effect of dithering into these gaps can be seen in the negative-order (top frame) and positive-order data (bottom frame).

[Image 2: Regions where the data dithered into a plate gap]

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