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I need to create a vacany in a supercell by removing one of the atoms. But that vacancy needs to be in a charged state. I know I can specify 'charge value' in the input file but that is for the whole cell in general, not specific to the vacancy.

Is there a way to specify a charge for a vacancy (or even a charge for an atomically occupied site) or is the above method the only/sufficient way to go about it?

I've heard of this thing called a 'ghost atom'. Instead of removing an atom from a site, you replace that atom with a "ghost atom" (whatever that means). Is that possible in ABINIT? Thanks.

I think the charge keyword should do the job. It will indeed charge the whole supercell at the beginning of the calculation but usually the charge ends up being localized near or on the defect