[Wien] Scaling of PW term in mixer

L. D. Marks L-marks at northwestern.edu
Thu May 12 14:44:23 CEST 2005


I'd like to make a quick comment/observation about the PW scaling term in
the mixer (case.inm). This can be rather critical because oscillations in
the plane waves can setup oscillating potentials, leading to :DIS
problems. The value you will want to use should scale rather like
1/(Number of Atoms) so while you can use the default value for a small
cell it is almost certainly better to reduce it with a more complicated
calculation.

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Laurence Marks
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Northwestern University
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