# Crystalline silicon # Calculation of the GW correction to the direct band gap in Gamma # Dataset 1: ground state calculation # Dataset 2: calculation of the kss file # Dataset 3: calculation of the screening (epsilon^-1 matrix for W) # Dataset 4: calculation of the Self-Energy matrix elements (GW corrections) ndtset 4 kptopt 1 # Option for the automatic generation of k points ngkpt 4 4 4 # Density of k points # Dataset1: usual self-consistent ground-state calculation # Definition of the k-point grid nkpt1 12 nshiftk1 1 #shiftk1 # This grid is the most economical # 0.5 0.0 0.0 # 0.0 0.5 0.0 # 0.0 0.0 0.5 prtden1 1 # Print out density # Dataset2: calculation of kss file # Definition of k-points nkpt2 21 # A set of 19 k-points containing Gamma nshiftk2 1 shiftk2 0.0 0.0 .0 # This grid contains the Gamma point istwfk2 21*1 # Option needed for Gamma iscf2 -2 # Non self-consistent calculation getden2 -1 # Read previous density file nband2 16 nbandkss2 100 # Number of bands to store in KSS file # Dataset3: Calculation of the screening (epsilon^-1 matrix) optdriver3 3 # Screening calculation getkss3 -1 # Obtain KSS file from previous dataset nband3 25 # Bands to be used in the screening calculation ecutwfn3 3.6 # Planewaves to be used to represent the wavefunctions ecuteps3 6.0 # Dimension of the screening matrix ppmfrq3 16.7 eV # Imaginary frequency where to calculate the screening # Dataset4: Calculation of the Self-Energy matrix elements (GW corrections) optdriver4 4 # Self-Energy calculation getkss4 -2 # Obtain KSS file from dataset 1 getscr4 -1 # Obtain SCR file from previous dataset nband4 100 # Bands to be used in the Self-Energy calculation ecutwfn4 5.0 # Planewaves to be used to represent the wavefunctions ecutsigx4 6.0 # Dimension of the G sum in Sigma_x # (the dimension in Sigma_c is controlled by npweps) nkptgw4 1 # number of k-point where to calculate the GW correction kptgw4 # k-points 0.000 0.000 0.000 # (Gamma) bdgw4 8 9 # calculate GW corrections for bands from 4 to 5 # Definition of the unit cell: fcc acell 3*7.90 # This is equivalent to 10.217 10.217 10.217 rprim 0.5 -0.866 0.0 #FCC primitive vectors (to be scaled by acell) 0.5 0.866 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.62 # Definition of the atom types ntypat 2 # There is only one type of atom znucl 12 34 # The keyword "znucl" refers to the atomic number of the # possible type(s) of atom. The pseudopotential(s) # mentioned in the "files" file must correspond # to the type(s) of atom. Here, the only type is Silicon. # Definition of the atoms natom 2 # There are two atoms typat 1 1 2 2 # They both are of type 1, that is, Silicon. xred # Reduced coordinate of atoms 0.3333 0.6666 0.0 0.6666 0.3333 0.5 0.3333 0.6666 0.378 0.6666 0.3333 0.878 # Definition of the planewave basis set (at convergence 16 Rydberg 8 Hartree) ecut 8.0 # Maximal kinetic energy cut-off, in Hartree # Definition of the SCF procedure nstep 90 # Maximal number of SCF cycles diemac 12.0 # Although this is not mandatory, it is worth to # precondition the SCF cycle. The model dielectric # function used as the standard preconditioner # is described in the "dielng" input variable section. # Here, we follow the prescription for bulk silicon. tolwfr 1.0d-10