Magnetism and spin-orbit coupling in GW calculations

[irene_aguilera1]

Dear all. Is it possible to perform GW calculations for magnetic materials including fully spin-orbit coupling (SOC included in the calculation of G and W)? Or can the SOC only be added as an a-posteriori correction to the GW result without SOC? (We would like to calculate ferromagnetic MnBi2Te4 for which it's very important to include SOC accurately.) Thanks.

[martin.schlipf]

As far as I know, this should work. I will inquire if there are any restrictions in this regard.

[martin.schlipf]

I asked for clarification and the legacy algorithm is indeed compatible with both magnetism and spin-orbit coupling. The novel low-scaling approach (ALGO with R at the end) is in VASP.6.4 only compatible with magnetism and not with SOC.