Calculate U for LSDA+U

Task

In this exercise you will calculate the U parameter for the LDA+U treatment of Ni d-electrons in NiO using the linear response ansatz of Coccocione et al..

POSCAR

AFM  NiO
   4.03500000 
 2.0000000000   1.0000000000   1.0000000000 
 1.0000000000   2.0000000000   1.0000000000 
 1.0000000000   1.0000000000   2.0000000000 
  1 15   16 
Direct
 0.0000000000   0.0000000000   0.0000000000 
 0.2500000000   0.2500000000   0.2500000000 
 0.0000000000   0.0000000000   0.5000000000 
 0.2500000000   0.2500000000   0.7500000000 
 0.0000000000   0.5000000000   0.0000000000 
 0.2500000000   0.7500000000   0.2500000000 
 0.0000000000   0.5000000000   0.5000000000 
 0.2500000000   0.7500000000   0.7500000000 
 0.5000000000   0.0000000000   0.0000000000 
 0.7500000000   0.2500000000   0.2500000000 
 0.5000000000   0.0000000000   0.5000000000 
 0.7500000000   0.2500000000   0.7500000000 
 0.5000000000   0.5000000000   0.0000000000 
 0.7500000000   0.7500000000   0.2500000000 
 0.5000000000   0.5000000000   0.5000000000 
 0.7500000000   0.7500000000   0.7500000000 
 0.1250000000   0.1250000000   0.1250000000 
 0.3750000000   0.3750000000   0.3750000000 
 0.1250000000   0.1250000000   0.6250000000 
 0.3750000000   0.3750000000   0.8750000000 
 0.1250000000   0.6250000000   0.1250000000 
 0.3750000000   0.8750000000   0.3750000000 
 0.1250000000   0.6250000000   0.6250000000 
 0.3750000000   0.8750000000   0.8750000000 
 0.6250000000   0.1250000000   0.1250000000 
 0.8750000000   0.3750000000   0.3750000000 
 0.6250000000   0.1250000000   0.6250000000 
 0.8750000000   0.3750000000   0.8750000000 
 0.6250000000   0.6250000000   0.1250000000 
 0.8750000000   0.8750000000   0.3750000000 
 0.6250000000   0.6250000000   0.6250000000 
 0.8750000000   0.8750000000   0.8750000000

KPOINTS

Gamma only
 0
Monkhorst
 1 1 1 
 0 0 0

$U = \chi^{-1}-\chi_0^{-1} \approx \frac{1}{0.131333}-\frac{1}{0.492333} = 5.58 \; eV$