[Wien] calculating DOS - EMAX reduced?
Peter Blaha
pblaha at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
Thu Dec 4 13:03:51 CET 2003
> I'm trying to calculate the DOS of metallic copper - just as an example of the
> DOS of a metallic conductor having no band gap directly above E-Fermi.
> Everything runs fine, however when having a look at case.outputt I find:
>
> BAND LIMITS OF BAND 9 ARE 0.28714 0.83855
> EMAX reduced due to lower HIGHEST BAND-minimum
> EMIN, DE, EMAX : 0.00000 0.00200 0.28714
>
> E-Fermi is calculated to 0.452 Ry and is listed as such in case.outputt, but
> the DOS-values are only calculated up to 0.28714 Ry.
>
> How do I plot the region around E-Fermi?
WIEN plots the DOS only for "full" bands. When you have steep bands (like in
Cu), you do not have enough eigenvalues for some k-points within your
defined E-range. Increase EMAX in case.in1 from 1.5 to a larger value.
Then rerun lapw1, lapw2 -qtl, tetra.
P.Blaha
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