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[Fotios Nastos <nastos@physics.utoronto.ca>]

On September 4, 2003 08:37 am, Fotios Nastos wrote:
> > Could anyone please provide references from which to learn more about k
> > and q points? I have the original Monkhorst and Pack paper, and am hoping
> > to gain a more intuitive understanding of how these parameters affect
> > calculations.
>
> When I first started, I found the discussion of special k-points in "Solid
> State Physics" by Grosso and Parravicini (Chapter 2, Section 6.4) to be
> useful.  Of course, your mileage may vary.

My apologies.  I just looked at this reference again, and the discussion is 
for Chadi-Cohen special points, not Monkhorst and Pack points.  This link, 
and the references therein, might be wothwhile though: 
http://www.fhi-berlin.mpg.de/th/fhi98md/doc/main/node15.html