Re: [SIESTA-L] Valence configuration of samarium

2008-04-10 Thread apostnik
Hi, I have made the changes according to u and defined the pseudo of Sm as Hi - If u refers to me, mind that I never advised you on the pseudo radii for Sm... I only meant that inclusing 4f is technically no error - but it will probably lead to physically wrong results. Whatever... Regarding

Re: [SIESTA-L] Valence configuration of samarium

2008-04-09 Thread Eduardo Anglada
Excuse-me, but have u noticed that you cut off for all basis is ZERO?! It means that all of your electrons are confined to the nucleous... Sorry but, No. It means: use siesta heuristics (energy shift and split norm) in order to determine the rc. Regards, Eduardo all of then, n this

Re: [SIESTA-L] Valence configuration of samarium

2008-04-08 Thread Marcos Verissimo Alves
Nidhi, If you need 4f in the valence as semicore, then your line should have something like n=4 3 2 4f, double-zeta. Of course the number of zetas can vary, as well as the number of polarization functions. What is the electronic configuration of your Sm pseudo? Marcos Vous avez écrit / You

Re: [SIESTA-L] Valence configuration of samarium

2008-04-08 Thread apostnik
You mix up several things; I doubt it will help to resolve your problems but let us address them one by one. Sm valence configuration. 4f states are quite localized and probably (in reality, not in DFT the calculation) are not any near to the band gap. If you include them in valence states and in