<div>Dear Amene Nouri :</div>
<div>Usually, the k-mesh used in nscf is bigger than that in scf.</div>
<div>In scf calculation, the difference between input and output electron density must be less than a small value.</div>
<div>However, the electron density obtained in scf is used and maintained in nscf calculation. That means electron density in nscf calculation is not self-consisent.</div>
<div>As mentioned above, nscf is not not self-consisent. Therefore, nscf can save a lot of time.</div>
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<div>If your calculation is converged, the nscf and scf would give the same result.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Amene Nouri <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:a.nourmohammadi@yahoo.com">a.nourmohammadi@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>Hello all</div>
<div>In scf calculation we choose a k point for sampling Brilouin Zone for example n1*n1*n1.</div>
<div>In next step in nscf calculations we choose another k point for example n2*n2*n2.</div>
<div>Do not we use the results of scf calculation in nscf calculation?</div>
<div>why k points can be different?</div>
<div>which results of scf calculation is used in nscf step?</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br>Thanks in advance.</div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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