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:Computes the electron-phonon matrix elements and writes them to the {{FILE|vaspelph.h5}} file.
:Computes the electron-phonon matrix elements and writes them to the {{FILE|vaspelph.h5}} file.
==Related tags and articles==
* {{TAG|ELPH_RUN}}
* {{TAG|ELPH_DECOMPOSE}}
* {{TAG|ELPH_SELFEN_FAN}}
* {{TAG|ELPH_SELFEN_DW}}
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Revision as of 15:53, 19 December 2024

ELPH_DRIVER = el | mels
Default: ELPH_DRIVER = el 

Description: Chooses which driver to use for electron-phonon calculations.


This is a high-level tag that chooses what to compute during an electron-phonon calculation. Currently, the following drivers are supported:

ELPH_DRIVER = el
Computes the phonon-induced electron self-energy.
ELPH_DRIVER = mels
Computes the electron-phonon matrix elements and writes them to the vaspelph.h5 file.

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