<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Dear all,<BR>i want to calculate density of state at fermi energy,<BR>therefore i use pp.x code with following input file:</DIV>
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<DIV>&inputpp<BR> prefix= 'ccb'<BR> outdir= 'root/espresso-4.3/ccb/results',<BR> plot_num= 3, <BR> filplot= 'dos'<BR>/</DIV>
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<DIV>but after running, get following text:</DIV>
<DIV>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%<BR>from local_dos : error # 1<BR>guassian broadening needed<BR>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%</DIV>
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<DIV>why the guassian broadening?!<BR>i use smearing= 'mp' in my calculations and don't want to use gaussian broadening. <BR>please guide me, <BR>thanks,</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Regards,<BR>--<BR>Romeda Azeen,<BR>Bhavnagar University Bhavnagar 364002 Gujarat India</DIV></td></tr></table><br>