<DIV>Dear QE users,</DIV> <DIV>I am performing phonon calculations for a zinc blende structure,</DIV> <DIV>I calculated the frequencies at high symmetry points, evaluating a single point at each time.</DIV> <DIV>So I followed the procedure of scf, nscf and ph.x calculation one by one for L(0.5 0.5 0.5) - Gamma - X(0,0,1) - X(0,1,1) points.</DIV> <DIV>In these calculations every parameter (else than q-vector in &phonon list in nscf calculation and phonon card for ph.x input of course) is kept fixed. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Although I expect the frequencies at two X points - (0,0,1) and (0,1,1) - to be the same,</DIV> <DIV>the difference in TA modes' frequencies are around 30 cm-1, </DIV> <DIV>in the other ones, around 5 cm-1.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I would like to attribute this to unconverged lattice parameters, cut off energies or thresholds etc. but what I do not understand is why the program treats these
two points differently, although they should be equivalent. So I expect to see the same value for frequency at these points, even if it is wrong, highly negative, or sth else that it should not be.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I will appreciate any answers.</DIV> <DIV>Thank you.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Emine Kucukbenli</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><p>
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