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Unpaired electrons in DFT - VASP

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Dudarev’s approach to LSDA+U<br />

E LSDA U¤E LSDA<br />

J<br />

2<br />

∑<br />

σ<br />

∑<br />

m 1<br />

n σ m 1<br />

% m1<br />

∑<br />

m 1<br />

% m2 ˆnσm 1<br />

%%m2 ˆnσm 2 m1<br />

n−n 2<br />

0.3<br />

0.25<br />

0.2<br />

0.15<br />

0.1<br />

0.05<br />

0<br />

0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1<br />

n<br />

Penalty function that forces idempotency of<br />

the onsite occupancy matrix,<br />

ˆn σ¤ˆn σ ˆn σ<br />

real matrices are only idempotent, if their<br />

eigenvalues are either 1 or 0<br />

(fully occupied or unoccupied)<br />

E LSDA U¤E LSDA<br />

ε i<br />

(<br />

J<br />

2<br />

∑<br />

σ %%m1 m2 ˆnσm 1<br />

%%m2 ˆnσm 2 m1<br />

M. MARSMAN, <strong>VASP</strong> WORKSHOP, VIENNA 10-15 FEBRUARY 2003. Page 14

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