[Pw_forum] Is the phonon line-width gamma positive for a instable mode with negative freqency?

[Dingfu Shao]

Dear Ion,

      Thanks for your reply.  Now I understand it.

Best regards,

Yours Ding-Fu Shao


2015-02-12 15:44 GMT+08:00 Ion Errea <ion.errea at ehu.eus>:

>  Dear Ding-Fu,
>
> Considering that the g contains a omega(q,v)^-1/2, gamma(q,v) is
> independent of the phonon frequency and, thus, always positive.
>
> On the contrary, calculating lambda for a mode with imaginary frequencies
> makes no sense, as the crystal is unstable in the harmonic approximation.
>
> Bests,
>
> Ion Errea
>
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> 12/02/15 02:54(e)an, Dingfu Shao igorleak idatzi zuen:
>
>  Dear QE developers and users,
>
>        When calculating the electron-phonon coupling, the phonon
> line-width gamma is defined as
> gamma(q,v) = 2 * pi * omega(q,v) * sum( |g|^2) * delta(E_q) *
> delta(E_(k+q)).  (1)
>
>  And the electron-phonon coupling strength for mode v at q is
>
>  lambda(q,v) = gamma(q,v) / (pi * h * N(E_F) * (omega(q,v))^2)
> (2).
>
>  (See
> http://www.quantum-espresso.org/wp-content/uploads/Doc/ph_user_guide/node12.html
> )
>
>  Accoding to these definitions, it seems that the  phonon line-width
> gamma(q,v), electron-phonon coupling strength  lambda(q,v) must be BOTH
> negative when a instable mode with negetive frequency omega(q,v) is
> calculated.
>
>  However, I checked the electron phonon coupling I calculated before, I
> found with a  negetive omega(q,v), there are negative lambda(q,v) and
> positive gamma(q,v). I found some similar report, for example, PHYSICAL
> REVIEW B 86, 155125 (2012), in which the positive gammas were calculated
> for the instable mode.
>
>  That  realy puzzles me. Can anybody explain it?
>
>  Thanks a lot!
>
>  Best regards,
>  yours
>  Ding-Fu Shao
>
>
>
>
>
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*Ding-Fu Shao, Ph.D *

*Institute of Solid State Physics*

*Chinese Academy of Sciences*

*P. O. Box 1129*

*Hefei 230031*

*Anhui Province*

*P. R. China*

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