[Pw_forum] Bandstructure of a metal slab

[Vasile Chis]

Dear Users.

I have some questions.
When calculating bandstructure of a metal slab, what type of smearing is 
to be preferred?
Fermi-Dirac smearing or Gaussian spreading? And, why?
Thanks in advance!

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Vasile Chis
Interface Modelling Group
Solid State Physics
Department of Experimental Physics
Göteborgs Universitet/Chalmers
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