Il giorno 15/nov/2011, alle ore 09.22, Gabriele Sclauzero ha scritto:

> Dear Wu F, 
> 
>     I think you have already almost replied to your question...
> 
> Il giorno 14/nov/2011, alle ore 16.49, WF ha scritto:
> 
>> Hello everyone,
>>          From what I haved learned, pw.x generates wavefunction files under 
>> temporary directory, and can be collected to output directory by options 
>> wf_collect = .true. . It can be controlled by disk_io option to decrease the 
>> I/O. However I don?t really know whether should I keep this files to do 
>> later calculation like DOS and bands or not.
> 
> Will you probably need to perform these calculations (only you can reply)? If 
> yes, then keep the files.
> 
>> What kind of calculation needs wavefunction files created by pw.x ?
> 
> Actually, wavefunctions are not needed for DOS calculations, but they are for 
> projected-DOS ones. For calculations with bands.x, you will need 
> wavefunctions only in conjunction with the lsym=.TRUE. option.

Sorry, a small mistake here: also the old algorithm for ordering bands needs 
wavefunctions (but uses overlaps between wavefunctions instead of symmetry).


GS

> Other standard calculations that require wavefunctions are, for instance, 
> LDOS (and STM images), Wannier function analysis and maybe others. Also, 
> sometimes you may want to use the final charge and wavefunctions as a 
> starting guess for a successive calculation with pw.x.
> 
> 
> HTH
> 
> GS
> 
>>          Thanks.
>>  
>> ------------------------------------
>> Wu F,
>> College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering,
>> Peking University.
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? Gabriele Sclauzero, EPFL SB ITP CSEA
   PH H2 462, Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne







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