<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear Jagadish,<br><br></div>It depends what you are trying to achieve. For example, spins are required for all elements if your target is to compute optical processes... etc. <br><br></div>Regards<br></div>Sitangshu<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 7:07 PM, Jagdish verma <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jagdishv.pu@gmail.com" target="_blank">jagdishv.pu@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Dear Users, <br><br></div>I am working on a material in which there are two types of atoms. One of them is heavy mass atom and another atom is having light mass. I am using Norm-Conserving pseudo potentials for both of them.</div><div>Now, I want to incorporate spin-orbit coupling in my calculations since one of the atom is of heavy mass. <br></div><div><b>1)</b> Do I need full relativistic norm conserving pseudo potentials for both type of atoms for heavy as well as light atom?</div><div><b>2)</b> Or should I use full relativistic norm-conserving psp for heavy atom and continue to use scalar relativistic norm-conserving psp for light atom ? Is code going to complain about it ?<span class="m_240809569311638093gmail-rHKKWiZsmF" id="m_240809569311638093gmail-LOBNcYGk"><span></span></span></div><div>Can choosing <b>2nd</b> way may lead to impropriety in the results ?<br></div><div>I would be happy if I could get your valuable suggestions.</div><div><br></div><div>With best regards,</div><div>Jagdish Verma</div><div><br></div></div>
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