Magnon Dispersion Band Structure

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Magnon Dispersion Band Structure

#1 Post by asgharali_jan » Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:15 pm

Kindly guide me how to perform Magnon calculation in vasp. Kindly mention which tags to take into account.

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Re: Magnon Dispersion Band Structure

#2 Post by merzuk.kaltak » Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:50 am

Dear asgharali_jan,

magnon band structure calculations require the spin-wave spectrum.
This study on exchange interactions in yttrium explains how to obtain this spectrum using VASP in detail.
There is also an arxiv link to the paper, in case you do not have access to APS papers.

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