BEXT

BEXT = [real array] 

Default: BEXT	= 0.0	if ISPIN=2
	= 3*0.0	if LNONCOLLINEAR=.TRUE.
	= N/A	else

Description: BEXT specifies an external magnetic field.

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By means of the BEXT one may specify an external magnetic field that acts on the electrons in a Zeeman-like manner. This interaction is carried by an additional potential of the following form:

• For ISPIN = 2:

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle V^{\uparrow} = V^{\uparrow} + B_{\rm ext} }

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle V^{\downarrow} = V^{\downarrow} - B_{\rm ext} }

and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle B_{\rm ext}} = BEXT (in eV).

• For LNONCOLLINEAR = .TRUE.:

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle V_{\alpha\beta} = V_{\alpha\beta} + \vec{B}_{\rm ext} \cdot \vec{\sigma}_{\alpha \beta} }

where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle ({B}^x_{\rm ext}, {B}^y_{\rm ext}, {B}^z_{\rm ext})} = BEXT (in eV), and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\vec {\sigma }} is the vector of Pauli matrices.

Heuristically, the effect of the above is most easily understood for the collinear spinpolarized case (ISPIN=2):

• The eigenenergies of spin-up states are raised by Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle B_{\rm ext}} eV, whereas the eigenenergies of spin-down states are lowered by the same amount.

• The total energy changes by:

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle \Delta E = (n^{\uparrow} - n^{\downarrow}) B_{\rm ext} } eV

where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle n^{\uparrow}} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle n^{\downarrow}} are the number of up- and down-spin electrons in the system.

• Shifting the eigenenergies of the spin-up and spin-down states w.r.t. each other may lead to a redistribution of the electrons over these states (changes in the occupancies) and hence to changes in the density with all subsequent consequences.

The energy difference between two Zeeman-splitted electronic states is given by:

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle \hbar \omega = g_e \mu_B B_0 }

where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle \mu_B} is the Bohr magneton and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle g_e} is the electron g-factor.

For ISPIN=2, for purely Zeeman splitted states, we have:

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle V^{\uparrow} - V^{\downarrow} = 2 B_{\rm ext} }

This leads to the following relationship between our definition of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle B_{\rm ext}} (in eV) and the magnetic field Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle B_0} (in T):

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle B_0 = \frac{2 B_{\rm ext}}{g_e \mu_B} }

where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle \mu_B} = 5.788 381 8060 x 10^-5 eV T^-1, and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://www.vasp.at/wiki/restbase/vasp.at/v1/":): {\displaystyle g_e} = 2.002 319 304 362 56.

Related tags and articles

ISPIN, LNONCOLLINEAR

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