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<div><font size="2">Dear all,</font></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Dear <font size="2">Yu Han Ho</font></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font size="2">I have some questions about Phonon calculation.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">1. If I use ph.x to run the graphene phonon dispersion and
pdos</font><font size="2">,</font></div>
<div><font size="2"> should I use the q points which is
multiple of 6 because of the hexagonal shape of grathpene crystal?</font></div></div></blockquote><div><br>It need not be multiples of 6.....what you should keep in mind is that you should odd q-point unshifted grid (i.e. 3x3 or 5x5 or 6x6) so that you retain the symmetry of the unit cell.<br>
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<div><font size="2">2. When I run phonon-dispersion calculation, it always cost
very long cpu time. Is that normal?</font></div>
<div><font size="2"></font></div></div></blockquote><div><br>It is expensive......for each mode the calculation time is of the order of one scf cycle.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font size="2">3. </font><font size="2">Can QE calculate vibration
mode?</font></div>
<div><font size="2"> How could I set terms in <a href="http://ph.in" target="_blank">ph.in</a> to get
vibration mode?</font></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><div>The eigenvectors corresponding to each eigen value represent the vibrational modes.<br><br>In order to find out how to set up the input files please refer to the examples. <br>
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<div><font size="2"> And how could I plot the
vibration mode from the output file?</font></div>
<div><font size="2"></font> </div></div></blockquote><div>I do not know whether there is some direct post processing utility available to do that.....however, you can use xcrysden to plot the modes......in order to know how to do it you can refer to the following link:<br>
<br><a href="http://www.xcrysden.org/doc/vectorField.html">http://www.xcrysden.org/doc/vectorField.html</a><br><br>In place of Fx, Fy and Fz, you need to put in the eigen vectors.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font size="2">Thanks a lot.</font></div>
<div><font size="2"></font> </div><br></div></blockquote></div><br>You are welcome. Also please remember to provide your affiliation.<br><br>Prasenjit<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>PRASENJIT GHOSH,<br>Assistant Professor,<br>
IISER Pune,<br>First floor, Central Tower, Sai Trinity Building<br>Garware Circle, Sutarwadi, Pashan<br>Pune, Maharashtra 411021, India<br><br>Phone: +91 (20) 2590 8203<br>Fax: +91 (20) 2589 9790<br>