A log-normal distribution is a probability distribution of a random variable whose logarithm is normally distributed. This means that if the variable is transformed using a logarithmic scale, it will exhibit a bell-shaped curve. In contexts like X-ray diffraction and small-angle X-ray scattering, log-normal distributions often describe the size distribution of particles, such as quantum dots, where most particles cluster around a certain size with fewer larger or smaller ones.
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