quantum-espresso/PHonon/examples/example18/README

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This example illustrates how to use pw.x and ph.x to calculate phonon
frequencies of LiCoO2 with Hubbard U on Co 3d states. Note, the
phonon frequencies and other quantities are not converged in this
example.
The calculation proceeds as follows (for the meaning of the cited input
variables see the appropriate INPUT_* file)
1) make a self-consistent calculation (input=LiCoO2.scf.in,
output=LiCoO2.scf.out)
2) make a phonon calculation for gamma point (input=LiCoO2.phG.in,
output=LiCoO2.phG.out). Note that outdir and prefix have the same
values as in the input for scf calculation. Note that the q-point
(the Gamma point in this case) is read after the namelist inputph.
Dynamical matrix will be saved for further analysis in fildyn (whose
default name is 'matdyn', here overwritten to LiCoO2.dynG).
Note that epsil=.true. and the response to an electric field and
the dielectric constant are also calculated.
The Gamma point is the ONLY one for which the phonon code can be run
directly after the scf run (provided save file was defined).
For all other points in the BZ a non-scf preparatory run is needed,
as it is shown here for q = (0, 0, 1/4).
3) make a phonon calculation for q = (0, 0, 1/4) (input=LiCoO2.phq.in,
output=LiCoO2.phq.in). Note that the q-point is read after the namelist
&inputph. Dynamical matrices will be saved for further analysis in fildyn
(whose default name is 'matdyn', here overwritten to LiCoO2.dynq).
The fildyn file contains the dynamical matrices for q-points that
are equivalent by symmetry to the q-point given in input, therefore
when calculating phonons in the whole BZ the code needs to be run
only on inequivalent points.