# BeH TDDFT calculation ndtset 4 # Type of molecules to be studied natom 2 ntypat 2 typat 1 2 znucl 1 4 nsppol 2 spinmagntarget 1.0d0 # Primitive cell choosed and position of atoms inside it acell 14 14 14 xcart 5.7193832970E+00 8 8 8.2806553486E+00 8 8 chksymtnons 0 # Parameters for the SCF calculation ecut 8 nstep 14 ixc 1 # It's an isolated system so nkpt=1, other thinghs I took from # the tutorial kptopt 0 nkpt 1 diemac 1.5 diemix 0.5 #Parameters for several datasets (but not all) #mkmem 1 nband 20 getden 1 getwfk 2 tolwfr 1.0d-9 # First step. # Calculation of ground state. tolwfr1 1.0d-15 nband1 3 prtden1 1 getden1 0 getwfk1 0 # Second step. # Non-SCF Calculation of a larger number of states iscf2 -2 getwfk2 0 # TDDFT excitation mkmem=1 iscf3 -1 # TDDFT excitation mkmem=0 iscf4 -1 #mkmem4 0 pp_dirpath "$ABI_PSPDIR" pseudos "PseudosTM_pwteter/1h.pspnc, PseudosTM_pwteter/4be.pspnc" #%% #%% [setup] #%% executable = abinit #%% [files] #%% files_to_test = #%% t62.out, tolnlines = 0, tolabs = 0.000e+00, tolrel = 0.000e+00, fld_options = -easy #%% [paral_info] #%% max_nprocs = 2 #%% [extra_info] #%% authors = D. Sangalli #%% keywords = #%% description = #%% BeH spin-polarized, in a supercell #%% Test the spin-polarized TDDFT implementation. #%% nband 20 , ecut 8 , acell 14 14 14 . #%% For the first two excitations, one finds : #%% 2.40967E+00 eV , doubly degenerate (Pi excitation) #%% 3.94165E+00 eV (Sigma+ excitation) #%% They come mainly from the 2nd occupied Kohn-Sham state, spin up. #%% The third excitation, at 5.11592E+00 eV (Sigma+ excitation) comes mainly from #%% the 1st occupied Kohn-Sham state, spin down. #%% Then, come excitations that are in the continuum, or close to it #%% (depending on the parameters of the calculation), so, harder to converge, #%% In order to have a calculation converged #%% at the level of 0.1 eV, one needs parameters like #%% nband 40 , ecut 10 , acell 30. #%% In that case, the three above-mentioned excitations become #%% 2.388 eV (Pi), 4.432 eV (Sigma+), 5.357 eV (Sigma+). #%% In this case, the latter is no more the third excitation, as other ones, #%% coupled to the vacuum have a lower energy. #%% These numbers can be compared to the values given by #%% J. Guan, ME Casida, DR Salahub, J. of Mol. Structure - Theochem 527, #%% 229, Sp. Iss. SI (2000) : #%% 2.391 eV (1Pi), 4.593 eV (2Sigma+), 5.418 eV (5Sigma+), #%% and to the experimental values (see the above paper) #%% 2.56 eV/2.484 eV , 5.51 eV , 6.71 eV. #%% topics = TDDFT #%%