Calculating DMFT forces in ab-initio ultrasoft pseudopotential formalism
Abstract
In this paper, we show how to calculate analytical atomic forces within self-consistent density functional theory + dynamical mean-field theory (DFT+DMFT) approach in the case when ultra-soft or norm-conserving pseudopotentials are used. We show how to treat the non-local projection terms arising within the pseudopotential formalism and circumvent the problem of non-orthogonality of the Kohn-Sham eigenvectors. Our approach is, in principle, independent of the DMFT solver employed, and here was tested with the Hubbard I solver. We benchmark our formalism by comparing against the forces calculated in CeO and PrO by numerical differentiation of the total free energy, as well as by comparing the energy profiles against the numerically integrated analytical forces.
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@article{arxiv.2102.04756,
title = {Calculating DMFT forces in ab-initio ultrasoft pseudopotential formalism},
author = {Evgeny Plekhanov and Nicola Bonini and Cedric Weber},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.04756},
year = {2021}
}
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12 pages, 3 figures