[Wien] MgO Ghostbands

thomas.mazet mazet at lcsm.uhp-nancy.fr
Tue Nov 18 18:36:09 CET 2003


> For your problem: Usually you can forget a QTL-B value of 1. These are
> NOT ghostbands, but slightly enhanced values for the u-dot contribution.
> I would start worrying for values of 5 and above.
> 
> It is most likely because of some shallow semicore states (Mg 2p or O 2s)
> and it depends on RMT whether or not an E-TOP is found or not. If not, it
> keeps the linearization energy at the defaul value and this might not be
> optimal.
> 
> You may try:   run_lapw -in1new 1
> 
> But please note: after that ALWAYS use the -in1new switch (or change back
> explicitly with -in1old

Sorry I'm not sure to well understand.
 What do you mean precisely by "ALWAYS use the -in1new switch" ?
Regards

Thomas

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