Dear sir,<br> I calculated the phonon frequencies of a system using both the frozen phonon method as well as DFPT (ph.x) in <b>fully relativistic regime (spin-orbit interaction)</b> using QE verson 4.3. According to group theory the 12 optical modes of the system are 2A1g + 2Eg + 2A2u +2Eu. I got accurate results for the frequncies in the frozen phonon method (means, the frequencies obeyed the symmetry rule as predicted by the group theory. Also I visualized the eigenmodes which also agree well), but in the DFPT (linear response theory), the obtained frequencies and eigenmodes do not obey the above symmetry principles as predicted by group theory (though the frequencies are near the frequencies as obtained in frozen-phonon method) . It seems that the degeneracies in the frequencies are broken in DFPT. What is the reason behind that? Please help. Please give references with mathematical details (if available).<br>
<br>Thanks in advance.<br><br>=============<br>Koushik<br>Grad. student<br>Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit<br>JNCASR<br>Bangalore , India<br>