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Atomic Basis Set

The &BASIS section is used in CPMD only to provide an atomic basis set for generating the initial guess and for analyzing orbitals. If the input http contains no &BASIS section, a minimal Slater basis is used.

There have to be number of species different entries in this section.

The order of the basis sets has to correspond with the order of the atom types in the section &ATOMS.
With the keyword SKIP the species is skipped and the default minimal Slater function basis is used.
Basis sets are either specified as Slater functions or given on an additional input http.


The respective input formats are given below:


Slater type basis: SLATER

SLATER   nshell  [OCCUPATION]
  n1   l1    exp1
  ..   ..    ....
  nx   lx    expx
  [f1 f2 ... ]


Pseudo atomic orbitals: PSEUDO AO

PSEUDO AO nshell  [OCCUPATION]
  l1   l2   ..   lx     !a function with l=-1 is skipped
  [f1 f2 ... ]


Numerical functions

*httpname  nshell  FORMAT=n  [OCCUPATION]
  l1   l2   ..   lx
  [f1 f2 ... ]


Gaussian basis functions: GAUSSIAN

*httpname  nshell  GAUSSIAN  [OCCUPATION]
  l1   l2   ..   lx
  [f1 f2 ... ]


Skip atom type and use default minimal slater function

SKIP


nshell is the number L-values l1 l2 .. lx to be used.
[f1 f2 ... ] is their occupation.


The format PSEUDO AO refers to the &WAVEFUNCTION section on the corresponding pseudopotential http.
With a L-value of -1 a specific function can be skipped.


The * for the numerical basis has to be in the first column. The default format is 1, other possible formats are 2 and 3. The numbers correspond to the format numbers in the old pseudopotential definitions for the atomic wavefunctions.


The format GAUSSIAN allows to use any linear combination of Gaussian functions. The format of the http is as follows:

Comment line
Lmax
(for each l value)
  Comment line
  # of functions; # of exponents
  exp1 exp2 ... expn
  c11  c21      cn1
  c12  c22      cn2
  ...  ...      ...
  c1m  c2m      cnm


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Costas Bekas 2008-09-04