<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000">Leakage was a confusing term as it can be confused with core leakage out of the RMT, which is not what I meant. What I meant is leakage of the valence states from, in your case, As into the RMT of Ta. For certain with +U/-eece one has to pay attention to this, I am not sure about with SOC.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:#000000">N.B. this point comes from Peter originally, due credit being paid.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 11:41 AM Oleg Rubel <<a href="mailto:rubelo@mcmaster.ca">rubelo@mcmaster.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thank you for the comments!<br>
<br>
There is no leakage with any reduction used. The init_lapw runs clean <br>
(no warnings). There are very tiny changes in RMTs when going from 0.5% <br>
to 0% reduction.<br>
<br>
Best regards<br>
Oleg<br>
<br>
<br>
On 11/5/2019 11:43 AM, Laurence Marks wrote:<br>
> Remember, SOC is only within the RMTs, see <br>
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> <br>
> N.B., if the RMTs are too large you may also have leakage. For instance, <br>
> with NiO (for instance) if too large an RMT is used for the Ni the O 2p <br>
> states can leak into the Ni RMT which can lead to anomalies with +U or <br>
> -eece.<br>
> <br>
> On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 10:28 AM Oleg Rubel <<a href="mailto:rubelo@mcmaster.ca" target="_blank">rubelo@mcmaster.ca</a> <br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:rubelo@mcmaster.ca" target="_blank">rubelo@mcmaster.ca</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
>     Dear Wien2k Community,<br>
> <br>
>     I compute the band structure of TaAs. The steps are set in the tutorial<br>
>     file "TaAs topological.pdf" available via the download link below. In<br>
>     the tutorial, I recommended a 3% RMT reduction even though the<br>
>     structural relaxation is not intended. With this settings, it is<br>
>     possible to get the band structure (see file "with-SOC.pdf"), which is<br>
>     very similar to the literature.<br>
> <br>
>     However, if the RMT redirection is skipped during initialization (RMT<br>
>     redirection = 0), the band structure transforms drastically (see file<br>
>     "with-SOC.pdf"). It seems that the value of the gap between spheres is<br>
>     not important. It is important to have it (even 0.5% is OK).<br>
>     Interestingly, the presence of a gap between MT spheres affects the<br>
>     band<br>
>     structure only when SOC is present. The band structure is _not_<br>
>     sensitive to the presence of a gap between MT spheres without SOC (see<br>
>     file "without-SOC.pdf").<br>
> <br>
>     As far as I understand, the wave function is continuous in the value<br>
>     and<br>
>     slope at the interface between MT region and the interstitial (plane<br>
>     wave) region. Perhaps, this condition is not fulfilled in the point<br>
>     where two MT spheres touch each other? What I do not understand is why<br>
>     it has such profound consequences only with SOC? Any thought will be<br>
>     appreciated.<br>
> <br>
>     Thank you in advance.<br>
> <br>
>     Best regards<br>
>     Oleg<br>
> <br>
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