The probability distribution of X-ray intensities

By A. Wilson. 1949

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Using SAD data in Phaser (2011, neutral): “This is because the structure factor for the remaining protein component (which makes up the vector difference between the anomalous scatterer contribution and the intersection point) has a Wilson probability distribution (Wilson, 1949), for which smaller structure factors are more probable.”
Data processing and analysis with the autoPROC toolbox (2011, unknown): “There should be a smooth falloff in intensity values with resolution: lower resolution reﬂections are typically stronger than high-resolution reﬂections (see the Wilson plot; Wilson, 1949).”
How good are my data and what is the resolution? (2013, unknown): “When the data are very noisy (i.e. the standard deviation of the observation becomes very large) this procedure produces the expected value of Wilson’s distribution (Wilson, 1949), EðjFjÞ !”
A New Generation of Crystallographic Validation Tools for the Protein Data Bank (2011, background): “X-ray diffraction data typically conform to expected distributions of intensities (Wilson, 1949).”
Macromolecular crystal twinning, lattice disorders and multiple crystals (2008, methodology): “Twinning statistical test: The diffraction data metric, hF i(2)/hF(2)i, is scrutinized and this is known as the Wilson ratio test (27).”