[QE-users] Explanation of Interatomic force constant file

Md. Jahid Hasan Sagor md.sagor at maine.edu
Thu Jun 13 19:33:15 CEST 2024


Hi,

Below here- I am sharing inter atomic force constant file content (*.ifc)
generated by quantum espresso. Could someone explain me what does these
number means? I have used nq1*nq2*nq3=4 * 4 * 4 in ph.in (q grids)


    4   4   4
       1   1   1   1
       1   1   1   2.72193485518E-01
       2   1   1  -3.66360766085E-03
       3   1   1  -5.82906438331E-05
       4   1   1  -3.66360766085E-03
       1   2   1   9.15317439765E-03
       2   2   1  -3.16229448375E-04
       3   2   1   1.03820610061E-04
       4   2   1  -3.66360766085E-03
       1   3   1   3.90322317374E-03
       2   3   1  -3.16229448375E-04
       3   3   1  -5.82906438331E-05
       4   3   1  -3.16229448375E-04
       1   4   1   9.15317439765E-03
       2   4   1  -3.66360766085E-03
       3   4   1   1.03820610061E-04
       4   4   1  -3.16229448375E-04
       1   1   2  -3.66360766085E-03
       2   1   2   1.03820610061E-04
       3   1   2  -3.16229448375E-04
       4   1   2   9.15317439765E-03
       1   2   2  -3.16229448375E-04
       2   2   2  -2.73229894024E-04
       3   2   2  -3.16229448375E-04
       4   2   2  -4.98908734409E-04
       1   3   2  -3.16229448375E-04
       2   3   2   1.03820610061E-04
       3   3   2  -2.17343457160E-04
       4   3   2  -2.78788521756E-04
       1   4   2  -3.66360766085E-03
       2   4   2  -2.36600242622E-04
       3   4   2  -2.17343457160E-04
       4   4   2  -4.98908734409E-04
       1   1   3  -5.82906438331E-05
       2   1   3  -3.16229448375E-04
       3   1   3   3.90322317374E-03
       4   1   3  -3.16229448375E-04
       1   2   3   1.03820610061E-04
       2   2   3  -3.16229448375E-04
       3   2   3  -2.78788521756E-04
       4   2   3  -2.17343457160E-04
       1   3   3  -5.82906438331E-05
       2   3   3  -2.17343457160E-04
       3   3   3  -2.42602344837E-04
       4   3   3  -2.17343457160E-04
       1   4   3   1.03820610061E-04
       2   4   3  -2.17343457160E-04
       3   4   3  -2.78788521756E-04
       4   4   3  -3.16229448375E-04
       1   1   4  -3.66360766085E-03
       2   1   4   9.15317439765E-03
       3   1   4  -3.16229448375E-04
       4   1   4   1.03820610061E-04
       1   2   4  -3.66360766085E-03
       2   2   4  -4.98908734409E-04
       3   2   4  -2.17343457160E-04
       4   2   4  -2.36600242622E-04
       1   3   4  -3.16229448375E-04
       2   3   4  -2.78788521756E-04
       3   3   4  -2.17343457160E-04
       4   3   4   1.03820610061E-04
       1   4   4  -3.16229448375E-04
       2   4   4  -4.98908734409E-04
       3   4   4  -3.16229448375E-04
       4   4   4  -2.73229894024E-04
       1   1   1   2
       1   1   1  -6.65118280325E-02
       2   1   1  -6.65118280325E-02
       3   1   1  -5.60776424931E-04
       4   1   1  -5.60776424931E-04
       1   2   1  -6.65118280325E-02
       2   2   1   8.23931384971E-04
       3   2   1  -1.01851073716E-04
       4   2   1   1.23351993366E-04
       1   3   1  -4.82771934254E-03
       2   3   1   4.68586726224E-04
       3   3   1  -1.01851073716E-04
       4   3   1  -5.60776424931E-04
       1   4   1  -4.82771934254E-03
       2   4   1   8.23931384971E-04
       3   4   1  -5.60776424931E-04
       4   4   1   1.92763112725E-04
       1   1   2  -6.65118280325E-02
       2   1   2   1.23351993366E-04
       3   1   2  -1.01851073716E-04
       4   1   2   8.23931384971E-04
       1   2   2   8.23931384971E-04
       2   2   2   2.34942628595E-04
       3   2   2   2.34942628595E-04
       4   2   2   8.23931384971E-04
       1   3   2   4.68586726224E-04
       2   3   2   2.34942628595E-04
       3   3   2  -1.01851073716E-04
       4   3   2   2.93469238677E-04
       1   4   2   8.23931384971E-04
       2   4   2   1.23351993366E-04
       3   4   2   1.04562524785E-04
       4   4   2   2.93469238677E-04
       1   1   3  -5.60776424931E-04
       2   1   3  -1.01851073716E-04
       3   1   3   4.68586726224E-04
       4   1   3  -4.82771934254E-03
       1   2   3  -1.01851073716E-04
       2   2   3   2.34942628595E-04
       3   2   3   4.68586726224E-04
       4   2   3   2.93469238677E-04
       1   3   3  -1.01851073716E-04
       2   3   3  -1.01851073716E-04
       3   3   3   2.56886639370E-04
       4   3   3   2.56886639370E-04
       1   4   3  -5.60776424931E-04
       2   4   3   1.04562524785E-04
       3   4   3   2.56886639370E-04
       4   4   3   2.93469238677E-04
       1   1   4  -5.60776424931E-04
       2   1   4   8.23931384971E-04
       3   1   4  -4.82771934254E-03
       4   1   4   1.92763112725E-04
       1   2   4   1.23351993366E-04
       2   2   4   8.23931384971E-04
       3   2   4   2.93469238677E-04
       4   2   4   1.04562524785E-04
       1   3   4  -5.60776424931E-04
       2   3   4   2.93469238677E-04
       3   3   4   2.56886639370E-04
       4   3   4   1.04562524785E-04
       1   4   4   1.92763112725E-04
       2   4   4   2.93469238677E-04
       3   4   4   2.93469238677E-04
       4   4   4   1.92763112725E-04
       1   1   2   1
       1   1   1  -6.65118280325E-02
       2   1   1  -5.60776424931E-04
       3   1   1  -5.60776424931E-04
       4   1   1  -6.65118280325E-02
       1   2   1  -4.82771934254E-03
       2   2   1   1.92763112725E-04
       3   2   1  -5.60776424931E-04
       4   2   1   8.23931384971E-04
       1   3   1  -4.82771934254E-03
       2   3   1  -5.60776424931E-04
       3   3   1  -1.01851073716E-04
       4   3   1   4.68586726224E-04
       1   4   1  -6.65118280325E-02
       2   4   1   1.23351993366E-04
       3   4   1  -1.01851073716E-04
       4   4   1   8.23931384971E-04
       1   1   2  -5.60776424931E-04
       2   1   2   1.92763112725E-04
       3   1   2  -4.82771934254E-03
       4   1   2   8.23931384971E-04
       1   2   2   1.92763112725E-04
       2   2   2   1.92763112725E-04
       3   2   2   2.93469238677E-04
       4   2   2   2.93469238677E-04
       1   3   2  -5.60776424931E-04
       2   3   2   1.04562524785E-04
       3   3   2   2.56886639370E-04
       4   3   2   2.93469238677E-04
       1   4   2   1.23351993366E-04
       2   4   2   1.04562524785E-04
       3   4   2   2.93469238677E-04
       4   4   2   8.23931384971E-04
       1   1   3  -5.60776424931E-04
       2   1   3  -4.82771934254E-03
       3   1   3   4.68586726224E-04
       4   1   3  -1.01851073716E-04
       1   2   3  -5.60776424931E-04
       2   2   3   2.93469238677E-04
       3   2   3   2.56886639370E-04
       4   2   3   1.04562524785E-04
       1   3   3  -1.01851073716E-04
       2   3   3   2.56886639370E-04
       3   3   3   2.56886639370E-04
       4   3   3  -1.01851073716E-04
       1   4   3  -1.01851073716E-04
       2   4   3   2.93469238677E-04
       3   4   3   4.68586726224E-04
       4   4   3   2.34942628595E-04
       1   1   4  -6.65118280325E-02
       2   1   4   8.23931384971E-04
       3   1   4  -1.01851073716E-04
       4   1   4   1.23351993366E-04
       1   2   4   8.23931384971E-04
       2   2   4   2.93469238677E-04
       3   2   4   1.04562524785E-04
       4   2   4   1.23351993366E-04
       1   3   4   4.68586726224E-04
       2   3   4   2.93469238677E-04
       3   3   4  -1.01851073716E-04
       4   3   4   2.34942628595E-04
       1   4   4   8.23931384971E-04
       2   4   4   8.23931384971E-04
       3   4   4   2.34942628595E-04
       4   4   4   2.34942628595E-04
       .......
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       .......

Best
Md Jahid Hasan
PhD Student
University of Maine
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