Dear QE users and developers...<div>I was trying to calculate the static dielectric constant at gamma point. My system is AlN (ZB, fcc, 2 atom per unit cell). PP's are Norm-conversing for Al and N both.</div><div>As i optimize the system wrt ecut and kpoint mess with 40 Ry and 4*4*4 and at this value by phonon program i obtained dielectric tensor=5.67 approx which is much less than experimental (9.0).</div>
<div>But when i take the ecut=18Ry and kpoint=4*4*4, i was able to find the near value of dielectric tensor as 8.57 approx and also the theromodynamic property Cv is coming approx near about experimental value except some variation at lower temperature(up to 100K).</div>
<div><br></div><div>My question is that should we perform the phonon calcualtion in unoptimized case i.e we should always put ecut as min for correct calculation of phonon property. At this point i am very much confused.</div>
<div><br></div><div> Please any type of comment is highly appreciable.<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Thanks and Regards<br>Bramha Prasad Pandey<br>GLA University, Mathura.<br>INDIA.<br><br>
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