Al

PAW-potentials:

name

valence electrons

frozen core electrons

default

3

10

3 valence electrons

Radial cutoffs and eigenvalues:

id

occ

eig [eV]

cutoff [Bohr]

3s

2

-7.753

2.05

3p

1

-2.712

2.05

s

0

19.459

2.05

p

0

24.499

2.05

d

0

0.000

2.05

The figure shows convergence of the absolute FCC-energy (blue lines) and BCC-FCC energy difference (orange lines) relative to converged numbers (plane-wave calculation at 1200 eV).

../_images/Al.png

mode

E(FCC) [eV/atom]

E(BCC) [eV/atom]

E(BCC)-E(FCC) [eV/atom]

PW(ecut=1200)

-3.708

-3.636

0.072

FD(h=0.12,0.11)

-3.709

-3.636

0.072

LCAO(h=0.12,0.11)

-3.621

-3.555

0.066

Egg-box errors in finite-difference mode:

grid-spacing [Å]

energy variation [meV]

0.12

0.007

0.15

0.300

0.19

0.142