#### This is a GGA+U calculation for NiO. ########################################### # === SCF cycle options nstep 40 tolvrs 1.d-8 ecut 10. pawecutdg 20. diemix 0.9 iscf 17 npulayit 5 # === This is antiferro nsppol 1 nspden 2 # === Structure and cell natom 4 ntypat 2 typat 1 1 2 2 spinat 0 0 1 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 znucl 28.0 8.0 xred 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.25 0.5 0.5 0.75 acell 3*7.92 rprim 0.0 1/2 1/2 1/2 0.0 1/2 1.0 1.0 0.0 chksymbreak 0 nband 30 occopt 7 tsmear 5.0d-3 # === K-points and syms kptrlatt 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 nsym 0 # === DFT+U options usepawu 1 # Activate PAW+U lpawu 2 -1 # Applied on d electrons of Nickel upawu 0.30 0.0 # Value of U parameter jpawu 0.0350 0.0 # Value of J parameter dmatpuopt 1 # choose expression of the density matrix usedmatpu 10 # An initial density matrix is given (below) # and kept constant during 10 SCF steps dmatpawu # The initial density matrix # Be careful of the dimensions: # * +U is applied on d electrons: 5x5 matrixes are required # * max(nsppol,nspinor)=1: only 1 matrix per atom is required # * +U is applied for 2 (nickel) atoms # Ni atom 1 (spin up only, spin-down deduced by antiferro symmetry) 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 # Ni atom 2 (spin up only, spin-down deduced by antiferro symmetry) 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 # === Other options prtdensph 1 ratsph 2*2.3 ! Printing of local magnetic moment pp_dirpath "$ABI_PSPDIR" pseudos "28ni.paw, 8o.2.paw" #%% #%% [setup] #%% executable = abinit #%% [files] #%% files_to_test = #%% t37.out, tolnlines = 9, tolabs = 5.410e-02, tolrel = 3.500e-02, fld_options = -easy #%% [paral_info] #%% max_nprocs = 3 #%% [extra_info] #%% authors = M. Torrent #%% keywords = PAW, DFTU #%% description = #%% Simple test for DFT+U features. #%% 2 Ni and 2 O atoms in an fcc supercell. #%% The cut-offs are unrealistic. #%% The aim of this test is to verify: #%% * Antiferromagnetism and PAW+U #%% * Use of an initial and constant density matrix during the first SCF iterations #%% topics = DFT+U #%%