<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div id="yiv819695800"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div id="yiv819695800yui_3_2_0_14_132732606366141">Hello,<span><br></span></div><div id="yiv819695800yui_3_2_0_14_132732606366169">In the xspectra calculation, the option 'cut_occ_states=.false.' will include the occupied states in XAS.</div><div id="yiv819695800yui_3_2_0_14_1327326063661196">Why should one consider occupied states in absorption spectra because the transitions are only to empty states. Or have understood it wrong?</div><div id="yiv819695800yui_3_2_0_14_1327326063661235"> -Niharika Joshi</div><div id="yiv819695800yui_3_2_0_14_1327326063661246">(Project student, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India)<br>
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