Delta SCF DFT calculations

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Delta SCF DFT calculations

#1 Post by spoudyal » Tue Apr 19, 2016 1:26 am

Hi,

Is it possible to perform Delta self consistent field (Delta-SCF) method to calculate energies of excited states on VASP? I have tried to look into the forum and vasp wiki for examples but there doesn't seem to be any information. Any help on this will be greatly appreciated.

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Re: Delta SCF DFT calculations

#2 Post by admin » Tue Apr 19, 2016 8:49 am

1/ vasp is developed for the calculation of the electronic ground state, not excited states.
2/ Delta SCF is (first) ionization energy calculated as a difference between the energy
of a relaxed system and the energy of a relaxed system, from which one electron is removed.
Because such system is positively charged, corrections for charged systems must be
considered, cf. link below:

http://cms.mpi.univie.ac.at/vasp-forum/ ... ged#p17683

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