It can be calculated as follows:

Cohesive energy = {total energy of the system - total number of atoms x (sum of 
energy of its constituents in atomic state)}/total number of atoms
 
With Regards

Arun Kumar
Assistant Professor
Deptt of Physics
Govt College Banjar
Kullu
Himachal Pradesh
India


On Sunday, 15 June 2014, 11:48, Suman Chowdhury <[email protected]> 
wrote:
 


Dear siesta user,
How to calculate cohesive energy from siesta output file for a particular 
system?

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