[Wien] k points quesion?
Peter Blaha
pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at
Fri Jun 29 20:55:45 CEST 2012
Wien2k does not need more k-points than other codes.
It is you, who defines the number of k-points. If you want, just specify
1 k-point. But beware: your results may be complete nonsense !
It is your responsibility to enter a number of k-points such that the
quantities of interest are converged.
Am 29.06.2012 16:46, schrieb xiao.jianping at bccms.uni-bremen.de:
> Dear All,
>
> I am confused by the k point sampling in wien2K. It is so huge number!! I
> have used some other codes, such as CRYSTAL and VASP. Both need few k
> points in IBZ. Why wien2k needs so many k points?
>
>
> All the best
> Jianping
>
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