[Wien] LDA+U forces

Peter Blaha pblaha at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
Sun Apr 17 14:10:51 CEST 2005


> I know that LDA+U forces are not currently implimented. I would be
> interested to know which parts, i.e. forces on the atom(s) with a U or...?

LDA+U has a different formulae for E-tot (additional terms). The force is
-dE/dR, and the corresponding terms are not included.
I'd expect that there should also some surface integrals appear, since U 
is applied only inside the sphere,...


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