Figure 4: Single-particle diffraction pattern.

(a) Fourier coefficient s_n(q) of the single-particle diffraction pattern, extracted from the experimental CCs, as a function of q. The data are shown for n=6, 12, 18, 24, 30, and are rescaled with s₀(q). The continuous and dashed curves correspond to the real and imaginary parts, respectively. (b) Complex plane representations of the ratios R_nm(q_a,q_b,q_c) (equation (13)), for different n and m multiples of 6, for fixed q_a=0.066 nm⁻¹ and q_b=0.115 nm⁻¹, and for a large number of q_c. The centroid point in orange is the median of all points, and the orange circle encloses the area containing the closest 80% of all points. The imaginary part of the centroid point is negligible, and its real part corresponds to , with . (c) Single-particle diffraction pattern S(q,φ), on a logarithmic colour scale, and defined over a disk-shaped region with maximal reciprocal-space frequency q_max=0.24 nm⁻¹. The dark regions in the corners are deficient of data. The red bar corresponds to q=0.1 nm⁻¹.