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Question about band structure and PROCAR

#1 Post by blackbarrel » Tue Apr 02, 2013 2:45 pm

Greetings to everyone! I'm a beginner in vasp and I have encountered some problems with the band structure. I tried searching the forum but didn't find anything helpful, so I decide to post an SOS here. :)

The problem is quite confusing to me. I calculated the band of graphene using both vasp and dmol and got two different band structures. They are almost the same below the fermi energy, while having some significant difference above the fermi level.

To make things more interesting, I try to project the band structure into atomic orbitals (e.g. s, p, d, f) using PROCAR and find some bands have a total projection parameter MUCH less than 1. Here "total" means a sum over the projection parameter of every atom's every orbital, which I suppose should be 1 (or at least almost 1).

Coincidently, those bands with a small total projection (actually near 0) are just the difference between vasp and dmol. That is to say, if I delete these bands, the band structure of vasp and dmol would be quite alike.

I have two question about this:

1. Should the total projection of every atom and orbital be 1? What contributes to the rest part of the band, if all atom's contribution doesn't equal 1?

2. Is the bands with small total projection reliable? Should I exclude them in analysis?


I'm sorry if I didn't make the problem clear, for I'm still learning English. Any response is appreciated!
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Question about band structure and PROCAR

#2 Post by admin » Wed Apr 03, 2013 3:53 pm

Properties of a projected band structure are discussed many times. Keep in mind that the volume of the cell consists of atomic spheres and the space between the spheres. Projections on atoms (orbitals) use the integration in spheres only. C.f. e.g. http://cms.mpi.univie.ac.at/vasp-forum/ ... php?4.2057
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