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<p style="font-size:16px; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">My group has recently begun using QE to simulate the Raman spectra of 2D bulk MoS<sub>2</sub> surfaces. <span style="font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,EmojiFont,"Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji",NotoColorEmoji,"Segoe UI Symbol","Android Emoji",EmojiSymbols">The
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<p style="font-size:16px; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">We typically calculate at least one imaginary mode of vibration (at ~ 34 cm<sup>-1</sup>), and were wondering if it was valid to apply a "<span style="font-size:12pt">crystal" acoustic
sum rule, which removes the imaginary frequency. Also, does anyone have insight into whether we should be applying a different type of acoustic sum rule than crystal (eg. one-dim or zero-dim)?</span></p>
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<p style="font-size:16px; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Thanks for your time,</span></p>
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<p style="font-size:16px; font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Charlie Ruffman </span></p>
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