Units of stress tensor in vasprun.xml

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Units of stress tensor in vasprun.xml

#1 Post by michaeleric.williams » Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:55 pm

I have been unable to locate documentation as to the units of the stress tensor as reported in vasprun.xml. I wonder if they are reported in eV/reduced length but this doesn't make any sense to me physically. Please explain.
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Units of stress tensor in vasprun.xml

#2 Post by admin » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:55 pm

in vasprun.xml the stress tensor is given in kilobar
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