Hi,<br><br>Question 1. This question is about the Acoustic Sum Rule in phonon calculations. Is there a reference to learn about the option zasr='crystal'? <br>Is 'crystal' always better than 'simple' ?<br>
<br> ! zasr : Indicates type of Acoustic Sum Rules used for the Born<br> ! effective charges (character):<br> ! - 'no': no Acoustic Sum Rules imposed (default)<br>
! - 'simple': previous implementation of the asr used<br> ! (3 translational asr imposed by correction of<br> ! the diagonal elements of the force-constants matrix)<br>
! - 'crystal': 3 translational asr imposed by optimized<br> ! correction of the IFC (projection).<br><br>Question 2. Consider the calculation of the phonon DOS, as in example 06. The ASR can be imposed in the run of q2r and/or in the run of matdyn, let's say<br>
There are four combinations of zasr-asr in q2r an matdyn<br> q2r matdyn<br> 1 no no<br> 2 no crystal<br> 3 crystal no<br> 4 crystal crystal<br><br>Should there be differences in the final DOS in the combinations 2, 3, and 4?<br>
<br>-- <br>Eduardo Menendez