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The Kohn-Sham kinetic-energy density <math>\tau_{\sigma}</math> should in principle be larger than the von Weizsäcker kinetic-energy density <math>\tau_{\sigma}^{\textrm{W}}=\left\vert\nabla\rho_{\sigma}\right\vert^{2}/\left(8\rho_{\sigma}\right)</math>. However, for numerical reasons this may not always be the case and can potentially lead to problems depending on the meta-GGA. If {{TAG|TBOUNDLIBXC}}=.TRUE., then <math>\tau_{\sigma}=\max(\tau_{\sigma},\tau_{\sigma}^{\mathrm{W}})</math> is applied before <math>\tau_{\sigma}</math> is used in a meta-GGA functional from Libxc.
The Kohn-Sham kinetic-energy density <math>\tau_{\sigma}</math> should in principle be larger than the von Weizsäcker kinetic-energy density <math>\tau_{\sigma}^{\textrm{W}}=\left\vert\nabla\rho_{\sigma}\right\vert^{2}/\left(8\rho_{\sigma}\right)</math>. However, for numerical reasons this may not always be the case and can potentially lead to problems depending on the meta-GGA. If {{TAG|TBOUNDLIBXC}}=.TRUE., then <math>\tau_{\sigma}=\max(\tau_{\sigma},\tau_{\sigma}^{\mathrm{W}})</math> is applied before <math>\tau_{\sigma}</math> is used in a meta-GGA functional from Libxc.


However, according to tests, for some of the most common meta-GGA functionals like SCAN{{cite|sun:prl:15}} a violation of the lower bound is technically not a problem, and furthermore, applying <math>\tau_{\sigma}=\max(\tau_{\sigma},\tau_{\sigma}^{\mathrm{W}})</math> leads to very inaccurate forces and stress tensor.
However, according to tests, for some of the most common meta-GGA functionals like SCAN{{cite|sun:prl:15}} a violation of the lower bound is technically not a problem and, furthermore, applying <math>\tau_{\sigma}=\max(\tau_{\sigma},\tau_{\sigma}^{\mathrm{W}})</math> leads to very inaccurate forces and stress tensor.


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Revision as of 19:20, 12 January 2022

TBOUNDLIBXC = .TRUE. | .FALSE.
Default: TBOUNDLIBXC = .FALSE. 

Description: TBOUNDLIBXC specifies whether or not the lower bound for the Kohn-Sham kinetic-energy density () is enforced before is used in a meta-GGA functional from Libxc.


The Kohn-Sham kinetic-energy density should in principle be larger than the von Weizsäcker kinetic-energy density . However, for numerical reasons this may not always be the case and can potentially lead to problems depending on the meta-GGA. If TBOUNDLIBXC=.TRUE., then is applied before is used in a meta-GGA functional from Libxc.

However, according to tests, for some of the most common meta-GGA functionals like SCAN[1] a violation of the lower bound is technically not a problem and, furthermore, applying leads to very inaccurate forces and stress tensor.

Related Tags and Sections

LIBXC1, METAGGA

Examples that use this tag