[Pw_forum] Generating a pseudo with semicore states

[Paolo Giannozzi]

On Nov 15, 2009, at 3:19 , Brad Malone wrote:

> Hi, I'm trying to generate a pseudopotential for Gallium with the  
> entire third shell taken as valence (i.e., I want 3s2 3p6 3d10 4s2  
> 4s1 all in valence) [...]. After generating the pseudopotential  
> with this file, it became clear that I had the wrong valence (no 4s  
> or 4p electrons presumably).

you need to specify a test configuration (containing all valence  
states) in the &test section

P.
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