Dear Prof. Blaha,<br><br> I have two question about spin-orbit calculation.<br> As far as I know, the spin-up and spin-down states will coupling together, and the direction of spin angular moment can rotate in the three dimension space, if spin-orbit coupling is included in the DFT Hamiltonian. In a usual pseudopotential code, non-collinear spin is necessary to do a spin-orbit interaction. My question is:<br>
<br>1. It looks like wien2k does not need non-collinear spin to do a spin-orbit coupling calculation. Why?<br><br>2. What's the meaning of spin-up and spin-down in a band structure including spin-orbit interaction?<br>
<br>Thanks a lot.<br><br><br>Best Regards,<br><br>Yonghong<br>