[SIESTA-L] Crystalline phonon Calculations

2009-07-13 Thread John Appleton
Dear Users, Can someone kindly explain the physical reason why in phonon calculations for crystals only a single atom is displaced and only the displacement along a single coordinate direction is considered (e.g. +x and -x only)? Thank you.

Re: [SIESTA-L] semicore state meaning

2009-07-13 Thread Scott Beckman
There is a tutorial at the Opium pseudopotential generation project, see link below. Although you might not want to take the time to fiddle with the software, the tutorial does a good job explaining the different modifications that can be made to norm-conserving pseudopotentials. http://opium.sou

Re: [SIESTA-L] semicore state meaning

2009-07-13 Thread Hui Tang
When we build a pseudopotential (psp), we froze the inner core states and treat only the valence electrons due to the fact that the properties of materials are largely determined by the outer-layer valence electrons. In order to obtain a psp with good transferability, there should be very small

Re: [SIESTA-L] question about elastic constant

2009-07-13 Thread Valentin Karassev
The simbol is "big O" notation. Shortly it means that the term O(x) has the same order as "x", in the case below, the same ordrer as \delta^3. Valentin. P.S. see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_O_notation bipul rakshit wrote: > > Dear Siesta Users, > > I have read the paper > "S. Q. Wang,

Re: [SIESTA-L] question about elastic constant

2009-07-13 Thread Sushil Auluck
hi, that means terms of order delta cubed (delta**3).. s.auluck > Dear  Siesta Users, > I have read the paper > "S. Q. Wang, H. Q. Ye, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15 (2003) p. 5307." >   > Most of the thing is clear to me, except in Equation (7) what is "O(δ^3)" > ? What does 'O' here. > > >

[SIESTA-L] The meaning of semicore state

2009-07-13 Thread shihitwh
Dear all, Some pseudopotential includes semicore state.I wonder what is the meaning of semicore state and which element includes semicore state? Best wishes! Shi 2009.7.13 200万种商品,最低价格,疯狂诱惑你 200万种商品,最低价格,疯狂诱惑你

[SIESTA-L] semicore state meaning

2009-07-13 Thread daijianhong001
Dear all, Some pseudopotential includes semicore state.I wonder what is the meaning of semicore state and which element includes semicore state? Best wishes! Dai