Dear Gaoxue, I cannot see the attached output but I was wondering what range of alpha you were using? In my experience small alpha ranges give very reliable linear responses and they do not change the resulting U by more than the uncertainty from inversion.
HTH! Chris -- Postdoctoral Researcher Center for Quantum Nanoscience, Institute for Basic Science Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea
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