# Crystalline silicon # Calculation of the GW corrections # Dataset 1: ground state calculation and of the kss file for 10 k-points in IBZ # Dataset 2: calculation of the screening (epsilon^-1 matrix for W) # Dataset 3: calculation of the Self-Energy matrix elements (GW corrections) ndtset 3 # Definition of parameters for the calculation of the KSS file nbandkss1 -1 # Number of bands in KSS file (-1 means the maximum possible) nband1 21 # Number of (occ and empty) bands to be computed istwfk1 50*1 # Calculation of the screening (epsilon^-1 matrix) optdriver2 3 # Screening calculation getkss2 -1 # Obtain KSS file from previous dataset nband2 60 # Bands to be used in the screening calculation ecutwfn2 2.1 # Cut-off energy of the planewave set to represent the wavefunctions ecuteps2 3.6 # Cut-off energy of the planewave set to represent the dielectric matrix ppmfrq2 16.7 eV # Imaginary frequency where to calculate the screening # Calculation of the Self-Energy matrix elements (GW corrections) optdriver3 4 # Self-Energy calculation getkss3 -2 # Obtain KSS file from dataset 1 getscr3 -1 # Obtain SCR file from previous dataset nband3 100 # Bands to be used in the Self-Energy calculation ecutwfn3 5.0 # Planewaves to be used to represent the wavefunctions ecutsigx3 6.0 # Dimension of the G sum in Sigma_x # (the dimension in Sigma_c is controlled by npweps) nkptgw3 2 # number of k-point where to calculate the GW correction kptgw3 # k-points 0.000 0.500 0.500 0.000 0.000 0.2727 bdgw3 10 11 # calculate GW corrections for bands from 4 to 5 # Data common to the three different datasets # Definition of the unit cell: fcc acell 15.405054 8.477315 11.875044 # This is equivalent to 10.217 10.217 10.217 rprim 1.0 0.0 0.0 # FCC primitive vectors (to be scaled by acell) 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 # Definition of the atom types ntypat 2 # There is only one type of atom znucl 82 52 # 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 8 # There are two atoms typat 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 # They both are of type 1, that is, Silicon. xred # Reduced coordinate of atoms 0.56500 0.25000 0.80800 0.93500 0.75000 0.30800 0.43500 0.75000 0.19200 0.06500 0.25000 0.69200 0.82800 0.75000 0.86300 0.67200 0.25000 0.36300 0.17200 0.25000 0.13700 0.32800 0.75000 0.63700 # Definition of the k-point grid kptopt 1 # Option for the automatic generation of k points, nkpt 32 ngkpt 4 4 4 nshiftk 1 shiftk 0.5 0.5 0.5 # These shifts will be the same for all grids # Use only symmorphic operations symmorphi 0 # 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 10 # Maximal number of SCF cycles toldfe 1.0d-6 # Will stop when this tolerance is achieved on total energy 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.