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*L(S)DA+U calculations require in many cases an increase of {{TAG|LMAXMIX}} to 4 for ''d''-electrons (or 6 for ''f''-elements) in order to obtain fast convergence to the groundstate. | *L(S)DA+U calculations require in many cases an increase of {{TAG|LMAXMIX}} to 4 for ''d''-electrons (or 6 for ''f''-elements) in order to obtain fast convergence to the groundstate. | ||
*The {{FILE|CHGCAR}} file will contain the one-center PAW occupancy matrices up to {{TAG|LMAXMIX}}. When the {{FILE|CHGCAR}} file is read and kept fixed in the course of the calculations ({{TAG|ICHARG}}=11), the results will be necessarily not identical to a selfconsistent run. The deviations will be large for L(S)DA+U calculations. For the calculation of band structures within the L(S)DA+U approach it is strictly required to increase {{TAG|LMAXMIX}} to 4 | *The {{FILE|CHGCAR}} file will contain the one-center PAW occupancy matrices up to {{TAG|LMAXMIX}}. When the {{FILE|CHGCAR}} file is read and kept fixed in the course of the calculations ({{TAG|ICHARG}}=11), the results will be necessarily not identical to a selfconsistent run. The deviations will be large for L(S)DA+U calculations. For the calculation of band structures within the L(S)DA+U approach it is strictly required to increase {{TAG|LMAXMIX}} to 4 for ''d''-elements and to 6 for ''f''-elements. | ||
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Revision as of 19:48, 29 January 2011
LMAXMIX = [integer]
Default: LMAXMIX = 2
Description: LMAXMIX controls up to which l-quantum number the one-center PAW charge densities are passed through the charge density mixer and written to the CHGCAR file.
Higher l-quantum numbers (l>LMAXMIX) are not handled by the mixer. These components of the one-center charge density are set to the value corresponding to the present orbitals. Usually, it is not required to increase LMAXMIX, but the following two cases are exceptions:
- L(S)DA+U calculations require in many cases an increase of LMAXMIX to 4 for d-electrons (or 6 for f-elements) in order to obtain fast convergence to the groundstate.
- The CHGCAR file will contain the one-center PAW occupancy matrices up to LMAXMIX. When the CHGCAR file is read and kept fixed in the course of the calculations (ICHARG=11), the results will be necessarily not identical to a selfconsistent run. The deviations will be large for L(S)DA+U calculations. For the calculation of band structures within the L(S)DA+U approach it is strictly required to increase LMAXMIX to 4 for d-elements and to 6 for f-elements.