[Wien] excited state of a system
Stefaan Cottenier
Stefaan.Cottenier at UGent.be
Thu May 6 12:27:04 CEST 2010
> I have a basic question regarding DFT. Say
> for some system we calculate antiferromagnetic, ferromagnetic and non
> spin polarized state and by comparing energy we find that the
> antiferromagnetic state is the ground state. Now as ferromagnetic and
> non spin polarized states are also two converged solutions of the system
> can we consider them as some excited states which can be found at higher
> temperature (other than 0K).....??
Yes. But the important word is: "which CAN be found". This is not "WILL
be found".
Stefaan
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