[Wien] SOC value \zeta

[Fecher, Gerhard]

I don't understand the question,
what do you like to know, \zeta (proportional to 1/r dV/dr) for each atom or the orbital moment (m_l) for each atom ?

The r dependence tells you already that there is no single value for 'zeta = zeta(r)'
SO is calculated directly from dV/dr which is not printed somewhere, however for a pure Coulomb potential (Z/r) it depends on the ordinal number Z of the atom,
This explains why the spin orbit interaction is stronger for 'heavier' atoms.
|1/r dV/dr| becomes large in the vicinity of the nucleus (infinity at r=0) for all atoms.
This explains why the spin-orbit splitting is large for core level (the larger the closer they are (in average) to the nucleus) and small for semi-core or valence level, as these electrons are in average farer away from the nucleus.

Check the manual how to have the orbital moments printed.

Ciao
Gerhard

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Dr. Gerhard H. Fecher
Institut of Physics
Johannes Gutenberg - University
55099 Mainz
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Von: Wien [wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at] im Auftrag von Samolyuk, German D. via Wien [wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. August 2023 23:20
An: wien at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
Cc: Samolyuk, German D.
Betreff: [Wien] SOC value \zeta

Dear colleagues,

I'm running wien2k version WIEN2K_19_LI on linux cluster. The goal is to analyze magnetic anisotropy energy in YCo_5 intermetallic.

As it was explained in few presentation discussing SOC implementation in wien2K it's added in following form

\zeta ({\vec \sigma}{\vec l}), where \zeta = 1/(2Mc^2) 1/r^2 dV/dr.

Question: is it possible to output value \zeta for each atom, orbital moment?

I cant find it in output files and was not able to find following  discussion in archive.

Thank you,

German

Dr. German D Samolyuk
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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