[Pw_forum] Fwd: ABOUT POINT GROUP OF (Pnma) STRUCTURE

Paolo Giannozzi paolo.giannozzi at uniud.it
Tue Jul 22 10:08:47 CEST 2014


On Mon, 2014-07-21 at 21:29 +0530, B D SAHOO wrote:

> why i am not finding the correct mode symmetry of pnma structure of
> Sb2Se3 compound by calculating the phonon at gamma point.as it is a
> orthorhombic structure  so it should show D2h_(mmm) but it is showing
> as C2h(2/m)

the scf calculation finds 4 symmetries. Is this what you expect? 
if not, see here:
http://www.quantum-espresso.org/wp-content/uploads/Doc/pw_user_guide/node19.html#SECTION000600190000000000000

P.

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