[Pw_forum] error on phonon calculation (root not converged)

[Paolo Giannozzi]

On Wednesday 12 April 2006 04:39, Liping YU wrote:

> >total energies per cell are not the same. Also eigenvalues are clearly
> >not the same. Your 2x2x1 supercell is not 4 times a 1x1x1 cell.
>
> Yes. The total energy difference between them is
> -275.21362101 *4 - (-1100.81820918) = 0.03627486 ryd
> What's the reason for this difference? Is it due to PP of Sr?

no, it is due to either a structural difference, or to a different level 
of approximation (k-points or something else).

> If this is true, then as paolo said, eigenvalues are not the same and
> I guess band gaps of them might be either not same (need to check).
> So can this possible bandgap difference cause to the big difference for
> dielectric constant in xx and yy in two cells?

if you are close to a metallic state, small bandgap differences
can do a large difference in the dielectric constant

P.
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