<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">yavar pour azar</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pourazar2012@gmail.com">pourazar2012@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 2:14 PM<br>Subject: "Reciprocity of Supercells & BZ Sampling", If I choose gamma point for supercell, will I lose some information?<br>To: <a href="mailto:pw_forum@pwscf.org">pw_forum@pwscf.org</a><br>
<br><br>Dear QE users,<br><br>I have a conceptual problem with k-point sampling in supercells.<br><br>Suppose we have a simple cubic unit cell for the bulk, which it's electronic structure, total energy and etc... is calculated by n*n*n BZ Sampling.<br>
for example I can see band width and band curvature along k axis, and i will have max and min points for every band in different k_points such gamma, X, L,......<br><br>Now, if we want to make a n*n*n supercell from this unit cell, it is the known fact that just gamma point calculations is enough.<br>
<br>Anyone can see following sentences in most QE tutorials; <br>"Increase supercell in real space by a factor N along a ; EXACTLY same results obtained by reducing divisions in k mesh (in the new smaller BZ) by factor N"<br>
<br>This is the problem that I cant understand : when we substitute the unit cell by n*n*n supercell ( k=0), the calculated bands with new sampling has no curvature and extension along k axis, because we have just a K point. Total Energy, probably is same as former unit cell (by integer factor), but if we will lose information about other aspects of electronic structure by this sampling?<br>
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</h1><p class="MsoNormal">I would appreciate it if anyone can help me to understand this, or refer me to a source.<br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p>
PS: suppose supercell sustained no relaxation or similar changes, and we have just the two different scales from one infinite, periodic lattice.<br><br><h1><br></h1><br><br>Thanks in advance.<br><br>Yavar Taghipour Azar <br>
PhD student<br>Physics Group, AEOI, Tehran, Iran<br><br><br><br><br>
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