Nd

PAW-potentials:

name

valence electrons

frozen core electrons

default

14

46

14 valence electrons

Radial cutoffs and eigenvalues:

id

occ

eig [eV]

cutoff [Bohr]

5s

2

-40.464

2.20

6s

2

-3.502

2.20

5p

6

-22.090

2.20

6p

0

-1.232

2.20

5d

0

-1.918

2.20

4f

4

-1.747

2.20

d

0

25.294

2.20

f

0

25.464

2.20

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/Nd.png

mode

E(FCC) [eV/atom]

E(BCC) [eV/atom]

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

PW(ecut=1200)

-4.241

-4.137

0.105

FD(h=0.13,0.12)

-4.268

-4.161

0.107

LCAO(h=0.13,0.12)

-3.373

-3.380

-0.007

Egg-box errors in finite-difference mode:

grid-spacing [Å]

energy variation [meV]

0.13

2.223

0.16

2.481

0.22

14.032