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subrata
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by subrata » Sat Mar 21, 2026 3:51 pm
Dear All,
I was trying to check all the electron and VASP results for the HOMO energy of the Ar atom. But found discrepancies in results
For all electron code (Q-Chem) with cc-pvdz basis set HOMO=-14.98340436 eV
whereas from VASP I am getting HOMO=-13.9169 eV
Omega= 0.40 bohr^-1
I am using the following INCAR with Ar_GW pseudopotential and a 15 A cubic box
System Bulk
NELM =100
ISMEAR = 0
SIGMA = 0.001
EDIFF = 1E-5
KPAR=4
LHFCALC = .TRUE.
LMODELHF = .TRUE.
HFSCREEN = .75589199999987626047 # 0.40 bohr^-1
AEXX=1.0
BEXX=0.00
ALGO = A
LORBIT=11
LASPH = .TRUE.
ADDGRID = .TRUE.
ISPIN=2
ENCUT=500
LVTOT=.TRUE.
Note that the PBE results match. I request urgent help.
Thanks
Subrata Jana
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by subrata » Sun Mar 22, 2026 9:27 am
It will work if I put AEXX=0.9999 instead of 1.0
This is very strange.
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by fabien_tran1 » Tue Mar 24, 2026 12:47 pm
Hi,
In the code (fock.F) the LDA/GGA/MGGA correlation energy is set to zero if AEXX=1.0:
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! for HF type calculations and full exchange, no correlation is usually included
IF (AEXX==1.0) THEN
XC%ALDAC=0.0_q
XC%AGGAC=0.0_q
XC%AMGGAC=0.0_q
ENDIF
In this case, to include the correlation energy it is necessary to set these variables to 1.0 in INCAR: