<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear All,<br></div> I wish to do a <b>spin-orbit calculation</b> of our system (LiFePO4) which involves iron (Fe) as a magnetic element. Her<i>e </i>I am providing my input variables containing the system name lists and atomic species.<br><br>My questions are the following :<br><br>1) As
it is mentioned in the input, should I consider two different types of
spins ( up and down ) to do a anti-ferromagnetic calculation ? <br>2) The way I have incorporated Hubbard 'U' is appropriate or not ?<br>3) If I am giving the inputs in this way, will it take the starting spin quantization axis along Y-direction or not ? <br>4) Is there any problem if i will not include " starting_spin_angle = .true. " ?<br><br>Any kind of help is highly appreciated. I am extremely sorry if my questions are very trivial.<br><br><b><u>Input</u></b><br>&system<br> ibrav= 8,<br> celldm(1) = 19.326236,<br> celldm(2) = 0.587151,<br> celldm(3) = 0.458766,<br> nat= 28, <br> ntyp= 7,<br>! nspin = 4,<br> starting_magnetization(2) = 0.7,<br> starting_magnetization(3) = -0.7,<br> ecutwfc =30.0,<br> ecutrho = 250.0,<br> occupations = 'smearing' ,<br> degauss = 0.001 ,<br> smearing = 'gaussian' ,<br> noncolin = .true.<br> lspinorb = .true.<br> starting_spin_angle = .true.<br> angle1(2) = 90.0<br> angle2(2) = 90.0<br> angle1(3) = 90.0<br> angle2(3) = 90.0<br> lda_plus_u_kind = 0,<br> Hubbard_U(2)=3.0,<br> Hubbard_U(3)=3.0,<br><br>ATOMIC_SPECIES<br> Li1 6.94 Li.pbe-s-van_ak.UPF<br> Fe1 55.845 Fe.rel-pbe-spn-rrkjus_psl.0.2.1.UPF<br> Fe2 55.845 Fe.rel-pbe-spn-rrkjus_psl.0.2.1.UPF<br> P1 30.9737 P.pbe-van_ak.UPF<br> O1 15.999 O.pbe-van_ak.UPF<br> O2 15.999 O.pbe-van_ak.UPF<br> O3 15.999 O.pbe-van_ak.UPF<br><br></div><div>Thanks & Regards,<br></div><div>Ajit,<br></div>IIT Madras, Chennai</div>