[Wien] spin-orbit and forces

Stefaan Cottenier Stefaan.Cottenier at fys.kuleuven.ac.be
Sat Oct 16 09:59:37 CEST 2004


> a) Be sure to use SO WITHOUT RLOs (EFGs are wrong with RLOs)

Fortunately, I knew ;-). But while I think about it: this could be 
listed in the 'known limitations and bugs' section on the website. Not 
only EFG's, also dipolar HFF's are wrong with RLO's.

> c) Yes, I think forces with SO can really go "wild", in particular in
> your case, where the IBS valence correction is also in the non-SO 
> case very  big.

Fine, then I'm reassured that nothing went wrong.

Thanks,
Stefaan





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