O atom spinpolarized low symmetry

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Task

Performing a spin-polarized low symmetry calculation of a single oxygen atom in a non cubic box to get the right energy minimum.

Input

POSCAR

O atom in a box
 1.0          ! universal scaling parameters
 7.0 0.0 0.0  ! lattice vector  a(1)
 0.0 7.5 0.0  ! lattice vector  a(2)
 0.0 0.0 8.0  ! lattice vector  a(3)
1             ! number of atoms
cart          ! positions in cartesian coordinates
 0 0 0

INCAR

SYSTEM = O atom in a box
ISMEAR = 0  ! Gaussian smearing
SIGMA  = 0.01
ISPIN =  2  ! spin polarized calculation

KPOINTS

Gamma-point only
 0
Monkhorst Pack
 1 1 1
 0 0 0

Calculation

• In the GGA most atoms are characterized by a symmetry broken solution. VASP, however, symmetriyes the charge density according to the determined symmetry of the cell. Check the OUTCAR file, to see what symmetry VASP is using.

• To lower the symmetry, simply change the lattice parameters to 7.0, 7.5 and 8.0 in the POSCAR file (see the example file above) and reduce SIGMA to SIGMA=0.01 in the INCAR file.

• By rerunning VASP one finds a much lower energy:

vasp.5.4.1 05Feb16 (build Aug 22 2016 16:46:23) complex
...   ...   . ..
DAV:  15    -0.189071145737E+01   -0.29321E-03   -0.39183E-05    48   0.478E-02    0.995E-03
DAV:  16    -0.189071145737E+01   -0.27775E-03   -0.39294E-05    40   0.290E-02    0.541E-03
DAV:  17    -0.189104076616E+01   -0.51555E-04   -0.34087E-06    48   0.132E-02    
   1 F= -.18910408E+01 E0= -.18910408E+01  d E =-.309633E-20  mag=     1.9998

Further things to try

• How does the energy change when one decreases SIGMA to SIGMA=0.01 in the {{TAG|INCAR} file? Why?

Download

Oatomspinlowsym.tgz

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