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Hello,

In calculating the band structure of a magnetic material, should the convergence tests of the parameters relative to the HF gap or GW gap for both spin states be checked separately?

Will using double precision instead of single precision in compilation have an effect on performing convergence tests, in other words will using double precision make convergence easier?

Best regards,
Mitra

Dear Mitra,
in general there is no need to perform separate convergence calculation anyway you double check the convergence calculating the gap for each spin channel as this does not take more much computational time.

will using double precision make convergence easier?

Single precision is sufficient for convergence tests, the precision one wants generally reach in convergence test is far smaller than the the difference between a SP/DP results.

Best,
Daniele

Dear Daniele,

I performed convergence tests for both up and down spin channels. The converged values for some parameters, such as Gbndarnge and BndsRnXP, were obtained different for up and down spins. For example, as shown in figure, the converged values of GbndRnge for the up and down spins are 110 and 40,respectively.Should I consider the higher value as the converged value for GbndRnge, ie GbndRnge=110 or the value of the down spin can be considered because the down spin gap is less than the up spin?
The DFT gap values for these two spin channels are:
Direct Gaps [ev]: 1.207025 1.795936
[spin up]: 4.889193 7.215230
[spin dn]: 1.315511 2.047675

Best,
Mitra

Dear Mitra,

this is reasonable as the two spin channels can have a very different localization. About the convergence parameter, you want to adopt this really depends on what you are interested in, if you are interested in the spin-down gap only you can use the lower parameters, if you are interested in both gaps or e.g. you want to perform BSE optics the larger one needs to be used.
Best,
Daniele