[Pw_forum] vdW functional not implemented for spin polarized runs

[WANG Wei]

Thank you for your advice, Deu. Yes, the non-local energy is independent the
spin density.


On 27 April 2011 12:34, Duy Le <ttduyle at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Duy Le
> PhD Student
> Department of Physics
> University of Central Florida.
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> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Stefano de Gironcoli <degironc at sissa.it>
> wrote:
> > Dear  WANG Wei
> >   the vdw-DF functional form is not defined for spin polarized system...
> Or it does mean that non-local energy is not spin-dependent but
> charge-density-dependent only.
> >   if you define, implement and test it, you could even get a nice
> > publication out of it. thank you.
> The spin-polarized vdW-DF has been implemented in GPAW.
> > stefano
> >
> >
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