[Pw_forum] Incorrect magnetic moment from PWSCF

[Ari P Seitsonen]

Hi,

   FAQ-answer would be:

http://qe-forge.org/gf/project/pslibrary/

   If those do not help, please write again, with a complete input and the 
external reference.

     Greetings,

        apsi

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   Ari Paavo Seitsonen / Ari.P.Seitsonen at iki.fi / http://www.iki.fi/~apsi/
   Institut für Chemie der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich
   Tel: +41 44 63 54 497  /  Mobile: +41 79 71 90 935


On Fri, 4 Apr 2014, anyy zsj wrote:

> Thank you for your reply!
>
>
> The results I used to compare are values given in Bohr mag/cell as
> output of PWSCF. However, the obtained value is always higher compare
> to literature. Actually, I can reproduce the results with vasp code.
> So the only problem seems to be the pseudopotential. The
> pseudopotential I employed is *.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF. Is there some problem
> with these potentials? Or is there PAW pseudopotential for PWSCF to
> use?
>
>
>
>
> 2014-04-04 0:29 GMT+08:00 Ari P Seitsonen <Ari.P.Seitsonen at iki.fi>:
>>
>>
>> Dear An,
>>
>>   Could you please tell some more details: How do you evaluate the magnetic moment (total moment of the cell, per atom Ti atom, from projected density of states, from Löwdin analysis, ..., is the system ferromagnetic, anti-ferromagnetic, ...), a good reference to the earlier literature, and possibly the full input, with atomic coordinates so that we others could try to reproduce the problem, if needed.
>>
>>   Based on this partial input it is somewhat difficult to judge, as we don't know which pseudo potentials/PAW dataset you are using etc.
>>
>>     Greetings from Zurich,
>>
>>        apsi
>>
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>>   Ari Paavo Seitsonen / Ari.P.Seitsonen at iki.fi / http://www.iki.fi/~apsi/
>>   Institut für Chemie der Universität Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich
>>   Tel: +41 44 63 54 497  /  Mobile: +41 79 71 90 935
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 3 Apr 2014, anyy zsj wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone:
>>>         Recently I calculated the magnetic moment of a system which has a
>>> hexagonal lattice. However, the results obtained from PWSCF
>>> calculations are always bigger than that from literatures (about 2
>>> times bigger). I tried many parameters such starting_magnetism and
>>> tot_magnetism but still cannot get the correct results. Please give me
>>> some advice about this. Thank you!
>>>         Below is my input file with norm-conserved pseudopotentials:
>>>
>>> &control
>>>    calculation = 'scf'
>>>    restart_mode='from_scratch'
>>>    prefix='Ti2C'
>>>    pseudo_dir = './'
>>>    outdir = './'
>>> /
>>> &system
>>>    ibrav = 4
>>>    a = 4.20
>>> c = 20.2
>>> nat = 3
>>>    ntyp = 2
>>>    ecutwfc = 50.0
>>>   occupations = 'smearing'
>>>    smearing = 'm-p'
>>>    degauss = 0.0000001
>>>   nspin=2,
>>>    starting_magnetization(1)= 0.2
>>> /
>>> &electrons
>>>    electron_maxstep = 5000
>>>    diagonalization='david'
>>>    mixing_mode = 'plain'
>>>    mixing_beta = 0.7
>>> /
>>>
>>>
>>> An
>>> Postdoc
>>> Peking University
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