[Wien] a serious problem about "symmetry" for antiferromagnetic CoO in wien2k calculation

Peter Blaha pblaha at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
Wed Mar 3 22:50:32 CET 2004


> I found a serious self-inconsistency of symmetry calculation when I use
> wien2k to calculate antiferromagnetic CoO, a monoclinic structure crystal.
> In the primitive cell of whom, there are 4 atoms, one Co up (1), one Co down
> (2), and two O. To make sure that the input structure is right, I use a P
> type lattice and stated all atoms in the unit cell as input. The sgroup
> calculation gives the right space group which is consistent with the
> experiment reported. But when I run symmetry, the output does not state
> right point group for Co2 and O, which stops the program midway. It is quite
> strange.

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