MSDGW NXI

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MSDGW_NXI = [integer]
Default: MSDGW_NXI = 2 

Description: Number of pseudo orbitals per compressed energy of mixed stochastic-deterministic compression algorithm.[1]


MSDGW_NXI sets the number of stochastic orbitals per energy in the unprotected space beyond band MSDGW_NP. This tag is set in combination with MSDGW_F, the constant energy ratio of the compression algorithm. If a positive value of MSDGW_F is found, energies beyond the protected space defined by MSDGW_NP are subdivided into energy bins of width and replaced by their average energy , such that . The original orbitals are replaced by MSDGW_NXI randomly linear combined orbitals. Larger values of MSDGW_NXI decrease the compression level and improve accuracy of results. The same holds true for smaller values of MSDGW_F.

Mind: Avaliable as of VASP.6.5.2.

Use cases

The pseudo-random phases used to construct the stochastic orbitals are generated from the seed MSDGW_SEED.

Related tags and articles

MSDGW_F, MSDGW_SEED, MSDGW_NP

References