[Pw_forum] fqha.x

[Shriram Shivaraman]

Thanks, Katalin and Eyvaz. Your answers have been helpful.

Shriram

Eyvaz Isaev wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> I found the fqha.f90 code on the forum and compiled it with mpif77 to get the executable. 
>
> It is not the same I have been talking about, but it does not matter in this particular case. 
> Besides, there is no need to compile it using mpif77 or mpif90. Use just a serial version.
>  
> I am not a physics major, so I don't understand the code completely. 
>
> In this case you will meet lots of troubles. I think it is worth reading some general purpose  textbook  on solid state physics. As example, textbook by Kittel, or Aschroft and Mermin, or  Harrison, or Martin, or Marder  etc.
>
> So, I have a question - please excuse me if it is grossly incorrect. I expect the free energy F to 
> equal E at zero temperature. But, the F I obtain from the code is positive at T=0 and becomes negative at larger T. Could you please explain this?
>
> According to quantum-mechanical principles atoms in solid states are not frozen at T=0K, but vibrate due to the uncertinity principle of the quantum mechanics, so there is so called zero vibration energy which is positive by its definition (for a stable structure all frequences are positive). At higher T the phonon contribution to the free energy becomes negative.
>
> Bests,
> Eyvaz. 
>
>
> Thanks,
> Shriram
>
> Eyvaz Isaev wrote:
>   
>> Hi Shrihram,
>>  
>>   I'm facing some trouble running this program and hope someone can help 
>> me out. I'm using the dos file generated in example 06 to calculate the 
>> free energy. But, when I give the input to fqha.x as alas.phdos, for any 
>> temperature, the free energy turns out to be zero. I'm not sure what is 
>> going wrong here. Can someone please help?
>>
>> The answer is quite simple: as usual \omega(1) =0, and dos(1)=0, so, you can not 
>> calculate  \ln(2sinh(\hbar\omega/2kT)). The starting point has to be 2.
>>
>> But I think if you find QHA code sent to the forum you will gain much more.
>>
>> Bests,
>> Eyvaz.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Shriram
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