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Excess charge implementation

andrei
2008-02-18
2013-06-05
  • andrei

    andrei - 2008-02-18

    Hi,

    There is very little documentation on the chgexs parameter of exciting.ini. How is excess cell charge introduced into the problem? Does it correspond to "real" electrons or holes which e.g. can mediate exchange between magnetic atoms in a cell?

    Thanks!
    Andrei

     
    • exciting

      exciting - 2008-04-12

      Hi Andrei,

      The "chgexs" parameter just adds charge to the total so that more empty states become occupied. There is a compensating background charge as well, and an associated energy. It is a fairly crude approximation to an electron or hole doped solid.

      Cheers,
      Kay.

       

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