<div dir="ltr">Thanks so much Prof. Giannozzi. I apologize for repeating the question.<div>Sridhar</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 1:31 AM, Paolo Giannozzi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paolo.giannozzi@uniud.it" target="_blank">paolo.giannozzi@uniud.it</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I just added point 7.7 of the FAQs, since this question is asked<br>
more often than not: <a href="http://www.quantum-espresso.org/faq/phonons/#7.7" target="_blank">http://www.quantum-espresso.org/faq/phonons/#7.7</a><br>
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On Tue, 2014-05-27 at 09:20 +0530, Sridhar Sadasivam wrote:<br>
> Dear QE users and developers,<br>
><br>
><br>
> I am trying to use the real space force constants file obtained from<br>
> q2r.x to do some other calculations outside of QE. For this purpose, I<br>
> am trying to understand the format of the force constants file. I am<br>
> attaching a sample force constants file obtained by performing ph.x<br>
> and q2r.x on bulk silicon with a 4 x 4 x 4 q-mesh.<br>
><br>
><br>
> In the 22nd line in the file, it says 1 1 1 1. I believe the first two<br>
> 1's denote the x-direction and the last two 1's denote atom numbers<br>
> within the two-atom unit cell of silicon. After this it loops over all<br>
> 64 different combinations of indices in a 4 x 4 x 4 mesh and lists the<br>
> force constants in the 4th column. What do these 64 different<br>
> combinations mean? Do they denote unit cells?<br>
><br>
><br>
> For instance, let's take the first line: 1 1 1 2.6997. 2.6997 is the<br>
> force constant between which atoms?<br>
><br>
><br>
> Thanks for your help!<br>
> Sridhar<br>
> Purdue University<br>
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