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[PGanesh <pganesh@ciw.edu>]

Ok.  I see that Etotal is what is called free energy : So Etotal = 
ETOT+"Electric Field".  But what is this quantity called 'Electric 
Field' ?  It doesn't seem to be the "Vol*E*P' in units of Ha.

I also find that in the output file the band energies are either written 
out as "zero" or "Inf" at all the kpts.  Is this because the 
electric-field breaks the translational symmetry and so these values are 
now meaningless?

Thanks,
Ganesh

PGanesh wrote:
> Dear Abiniters,
>
> I am having trouble identifying the total energy in a "E" field 
> calculation.  Is it the "ETOT" at the final step when convergence is 
> reached or "Etotal" that is reported at the end? I would have expected 
> them to be same (and they are for a regular SCF calculation with no E 
> field).  Is it possible that the first one (ETOT) is related to the 
> electric enthalpy value while the "Etotal" is simply the total energy?
>
> Thanks,
> Ganesh