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Dear QE experts,
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I find it confusing in the description Wyckoff position specifications in the card ATOMIC_POSITIONS.
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https://www.quantum-espresso.org/Doc/INPUT_PW.html
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For space group No.12 under the convention unique axis b, there are three cell choices. The Wyckoff position 4i has different forms for the three choices, namely (according to ITA)
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UNIQUE AXIS b, CELL CHOICE 1
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4i <span style="white-space:normal;"><span style="white-space:normal;">x,0,z ; </span><span style="white-space:normal;">x+1/2,1/2,z ; <span style="white-space:normal;">xb,0,zb ; </span><span style="white-space:normal;">xb+1/2,1/2,zb</span><span style="white-space:normal;"></span></span><span style="white-space:normal;"></span></span>
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UNIQUE AXIS b, CELL CHOICE 2
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4i x,0,z ; x,1/2,z<span style="white-space:normal;">+1/2</span> ; xb,0,zb ; xb,1/2,zb<span style="white-space:normal;">+1/2</span>
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UNIQUE AXIS b, CELL CHOICE 3
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4i x,0,z ; x<span style="white-space:normal;">+1/2</span>,1/2,z+1/2 ; xb,0,zb ; xb<span style="white-space:normal;">+1/2</span>,1/2,zb+1/2
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(xb means x-bar)
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If I am to write the <span style="white-space:normal;">ATOMIC_POSITIONS</span> card, how should I specify the parameters x and z? How do I know that pw.x takes <span style="white-space:normal;">CELL CHOICE 1/2/3 ?</span>
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<span style="white-space:normal;"><span style="white-space:normal;">Thank you for your help.</span></span>
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<span style="white-space:normal;"><span style="white-space:normal;">Best regards,</span></span>
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<span style="white-space:normal;"><span style="white-space:normal;">Yunlong Lian</span></span>
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Yunlong LIAN
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CSNS, Dongguan Neutron Science Center
Dongguan, Guangdong, P. R. China
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中国散裂中子源 中子科学部
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