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Revision as of 08:00, 6 April 2022

NKREDZ = [integer]
Default: NKREDZ = 1 

Description: NKREDZ specifies a reduction factor for the q-point grid representation of the exact exchange potential along reciprocal space direction b3.


One may restrict the sum over q in the Fock exchange potential (or one of its [[[:Category:Hybrids|short range counterparts]]) to a subset, {qk}, of the full (N1×N2×N3) k-point set, {k}, for which the following holds

q𝐤=𝐛1n1C1N1+𝐛2n2C2N2+𝐛3n3C3N3,(ni=0,..,Ni1)

where b1,2,3 are the reciprocal lattice vectors of the primitive cell, and Ci is the integer grid reduction factor along reciprocal lattice direction bi. This leads to a reduction in the computational workload by a factor:

1C1C2C3

In case one sets NKRED, the grid reduction factors will be uniformly set to C1=C2=C3=NKRED. If one wants to specify separate grid reduction factors for C1, C2, and C3 one should use C1=NKREDX, C2=NKREDY, and C3=NKREDZ, respectively.

Mind: there are circumstances under which NKRED and NKREDX,Y,Z should not be used!

Related Tags and Sections

NKRED, NKREDX, NKREDY, EVENONLY, ODDONLY, downsampling

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