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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">Dear Users,<br>
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We are trying to project the wavefunction for a series of slab systems with spin orbit using projwfc.x, however for a certain number of those systems the calculation did not work and we were presented with the following error message:<br>
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     from d_matrix_so : error #         2<br>
     D_S (j=1/2) for this symmetry operation is not unitary<br>
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We are using Quantum Epsresso 4.3.2. An example of an input for one those erroneous systems is given below:<br>
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 &system<br>
    ibrav           =  0,<br>
    celldm(1)       =  7.8957989573,<br>
    nat             =  24,<br>
    ntyp            =  2,<br>
    ecutwfc         =  35.0,<br>
    occupations     =  'smearing',<br>
    degauss         =  0.001,<br>
    noncolin        =  .true.,<br>
    lspinorb        =  .true.,<br>
/<br>
 &electrons<br>
    mixing_beta     = 0.2<br>
    conv_thr        = 1.0d-6<br>
 /<br>
 &ions<br>
 /<br>
CELL_PARAMETERS hexagonal<br>
  1.000000   0.000000     0.000000<br>
  0.000000   7.000000     0.000000<br>
  0.000000   0.5773502692 2.2848213861<br>
ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>
 Bi   208.98038  Bi_MT_PBE.UPF<br>
 Se   78.96      Se_MT_PBE.UPF<br>
ATOMIC_POSITIONS alat<br>
Bi  1.5000002   1.3927401  -0.4172095<br>
Se  0.5000000   0.8596046  -0.0025871<br>
Bi  0.9999998   1.1456172   0.3979911<br>
Se  1.5000002   1.4403302   0.8176110<br>
Se  1.4999998   1.9978201  -0.8237489<br>
Bi  2.0000002   2.3128868  -0.4907826<br>
Se  1.0000000   1.7009602   0.0102253<br>
Bi  1.4999998   2.0232505   0.5077131<br>
Se  2.0000002   2.3282839   0.8644068<br>
Se  1.9999998   2.8830706  -0.8451747<br>
Bi  2.5000002   3.1697822  -0.4495653<br>
Se  1.5000000   2.5939459   0.0033970<br>
Bi  1.9999998   2.8923956   0.4495653<br>
Se  2.5000002   3.1791072   0.8451747<br>
Se  2.4999998   3.7338939  -0.8644068<br>
Bi  3.0000002   4.0389273  -0.5077131<br>
Se  2.0000000   3.4682319  -0.0033970<br>
Bi  2.4999998   3.7492910   0.4907826<br>
Se  3.0000002   4.0643577   0.8237489<br>
Se  2.9999998   4.6218477  -0.8176110<br>
Bi  3.5000002   4.9165606  -0.3979911<br>
Se  2.5000000   4.3612177  -0.0102253<br>
Bi  2.9999998   4.6694378   0.4172095<br>
Se  3.0000000   5.2025732   0.0025871<br>
K_POINTS automatic<br>
4 1 2 0 0 0<br>
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Does anyone have any suggestion as to why we are presented with this error message?<br>
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Regards,<br>
<br>
--<br>
Naunidh Virk<br>
EPFL, ITP, Lausanne, CH.<br>
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