Dear G. Giovannetti: The small numerical difference between the two methods by you is reasonable and allowable because: (1) The Lowdin population analysis is used in PWSCF; (2) There may be some effect from the hybridization of orbitals. (Partial DOS maybe helpful.)
In my opinion, the difference is so small that it can be deemed that the magnetic moment is localized at the Fe site (as you think). Best Wishes Yours Sincerely L. F. Huang ------ ====================================================================== L.F.Huang(???) DFT and phonon physics ====================================================================== Add: Research Laboratory for Computational Materials Sciences, Instutue of Solid State Physics,the Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O.Box 1129, Hefei 230031, P.R.China Tel: 86-551-5591464-328(office) Fax: 86-551-5591434 Web: http://theory.issp.ac.cn (website of our theory group) http://www.issp.ac.cn (website of our institute) ====================================================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.democritos.it/pipermail/pw_forum/attachments/20100622/d32e2a7c/attachment-0001.htm