[Pw_forum] Semicore states and Spin-orbit coupling

2011-02-24 Thread W2AGZ
To All: I noted the thorough and extensive response by Nicola to the subject question. Where were professors like him when I was a graduate student? Speaking of which... Many, many, many...years ago, while I was a PhD candidate in the group of Harvey Brooks and Bill Paul at Harvard, a burning qu

[Pw_forum] [Pw_Forum] heat capacity

2011-02-24 Thread Wilfredo Ibarra Hernandez
Dear all I'm used the QHA package for Cv calculation in FCC structure and works very well. But now I try to use it for a Trigonal R (ibrav = 5) and it's not implemented yet in QHA, there is another way to calculate that. Thanks all. -- Ibarra Hern?ndez Wilfredo Master student in Materials Sci

[Pw_forum] Ionic forces not reducing

2011-02-24 Thread Gabriele Sclauzero
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[Pw_forum] Ionic forces not reducing

2011-02-24 Thread giuseppe.matti...@mlib.ism.cnr.it
Dear Christopher You should try to reduce conv_thr in &ELECTRONS, in order to have a more accurate calculation of forces and stress. Try, for instance, with conv_thr = 1.0d-9 (and with a lower mixing_beta, 0.2~0.3 or so, if the electronic calculation does not converge). HTH Giuseppe Quoting Chr

[Pw_forum] about perovskite and AuCu3

2011-02-24 Thread Eric Germaneau
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[Pw_forum] Semicore states and Spin-orbit coupling

2011-02-24 Thread Nicola Marzari
Dear Paul, > 1.) What kind of influence a semicore state in the pseudopotential has on the > calculation. I found some general information of > the comparison of norm-conserving and non norm-conserving (ultrasoft) > pseudopotentials but I don't find any good > written descript