negative valuesin CHGCAR

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negative valuesin CHGCAR

#1 Post by rajeshc » Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:52 am

Hi,
I am trying on a single Au Atom to plot its CHGCAR, just as an exercise. I see a lot of negative values in the CHGCAR file.
I use the simplistic INCAR with ISPIN=2
what might be happening ...?

thanx in advance,
rajesh
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negative valuesin CHGCAR

#2 Post by zhichengzhong » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:16 am

column one
spinUP+spinDown,
column two
spinUP-spinDown
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#3 Post by rajeshc » Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:36 pm

The first HALF is spinup+spindown
the second HALF is spinup-spindown

and i find negative values in the first half which is what i am not sure about..
Thanx in advance
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