Thanks, Paolo, I get it. <br>
<br>
Jia-An<br>
<br>
>On Oct 20, 2006, at 16:45 , Jia-An Yan wrote<br>
><br>
>> For the same graphene system, when I use ibrav=0 with cell <br>
>> parameters,<br>
>> I got only 8 symmetry operations( with inversion) [...] However, <br>
>> since the graphene system is hexagonal, I rotate the coordinate <br>
>> system and use ibrav=4 to define the system, then I got 24 sym <br>
>> operations (with inversion). There are also six modes (with 2 <br>
>> degenerate modes) obtained. Why does the pw.x obtained different <br>
>> symmetry for the same system?<br>
><br>
>because you did not specify option "hexagonal" to card<br>
>CELL_PARAMETERS, I guess<br>
><br>
>> Note that the order of the omega is different from the calculation <br>
>> order<br>
>> (2 1 2 1)<br>
><br>
>irreps used for the calculation are randomly generated;<br>
>normal modes are ordered according to their frequency.<br>
>There is no reason for them to follow the same ordering.<br>
><br>
>Paolo<br>
><br>
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