[Wien] Supercell k-points for defects in Ge

[Trevor A. Tyson]

I tied 8 kpoints and got garbage.

Trevor

At 09:36 AM 3/8/2005, you wrote:



>>      I  am using a Ge supercell with 64 atom and two defect sites.  Can
>>someone give me an estimate
>>of the number of kpoints needed for this type of calculation?
>
>semiconductor + big cell => small number of k-points needed. A single one 
>might be enough? Test !
>
>Stefaan
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