can i compute polarization whit abinit6.0.4?

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mina
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can i compute polarization whit abinit6.0.4?

Post by mina » Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:46 pm

Hello.
i want to calculate polarization,can i do it by any version?can i do it by abinit6.0.4?
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Re: can i compute polarization whit abinit6.0.4?

Post by jzwanzig » Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:12 pm

6.0.4 implements the modern theory of polarization using norm-conserving pseudopotentials, later versions (notably 6.4.1) also implement it with PAW.
Josef W. Zwanziger
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Canada Research Chair in NMR Studies of Materials
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS B3H 4J3 Canada
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