[Pw_forum] electron configuration of Ni
Paolo Giannozzi
giannozz at democritos.it
Wed Dec 15 22:19:12 CET 2010
On Dec 15, 2010, at 21:57 , Masoud Nahali wrote:
> The projected DOS calculation [...] shows that the Ni electronic
> configuration is
> 4s[0.4023] + 3d[8.8971]. As I know the initial guess of this pseudo-
> potential is
> 3d[9] 4s[1] for Ni
this is not "an initial guess". This is "the reference electronic
configuration"
for the pseudopotential. In principle, you can choose any reference
electronic configuration: if the pseudopotential is transferrable, it
will
work in other environments as well
> and I wanna to know
please don't write like rappers talk: "want", not "wanna"
> that if the initial guess was 3d[8] 4s[2], would I get 4s[0.4023] +
> 3d[8.8971] again
you will never get exactly the same numbers, but you should
get very similar numbers, as long as both pseudopotentials
are sufficiently tranferrable
Paolo
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