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Incorrect Enforcement on Born Effective Charges in Charged Cells

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2026 6:28 am
by junyong_kang1

In VASP 6.4.3 and with ISYM = 2, the code appears to strictly enforce the Acoustic Sum Rule (ASR) by shifting the sum of Born Effective Charges to exactly zero, which is physically incorrect for charged cells.


Re: Incorrect Enforcement on Born Effective Charges in Charged Cells

Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2026 1:20 pm
by henrique_miranda

Thank you for reporting this issue.
I will look into it and implement a patch.