<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi Evan,</div><div>valence configuration doesn't really matter after the pseudo potential was generated. I think in this case. It simply means we don't know how this one was made.<br><br><br></div><div><br>On Jul 27, 2017, at 9:01 PM, 毛飞 <<a href="mailto:200921220018@mail.bnu.edu.cn">200921220018@mail.bnu.edu.cn</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin" lang="EN-US">Dear Users,<!--?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin" lang="EN-US">What is the valence configuration for the Co.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF (downloaded from <a href="http://www.quantum-espresso.org/wp-content/uploads/upf_files/Co.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF">http://www.quantum-espresso.org/wp-content/uploads/upf_files/Co.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF</a>). From the calculation, I know the total valence electrons is 9, but I am not sure whether the valence configure is 3d74s2 by convention. The valence configuration displayed in the upf file is obviously wrong. </span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span> </p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin" lang="EN-US">Is there any method to identify the valence configuration of the pseudopotential from the upf files.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin" lang="EN-US">Best wishes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin" lang="EN-US">Evan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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