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Negative scissors operator

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2026 4:10 pm
by lz dong
Dear all,

When performing BSE calculations, we typically apply a scissor operator to increase the band gap to the GW value. However, in certain special cases, if we want to reduce the initial band gap, can this be achieved by applying a negative scissor operator (KfnQP_E and XfnQP_E)?

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Re: Negative scissors operator

Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 7:56 am
by Daniele Varsano
Dear lz Dong,

yes, you can use that two keywords to reduce the gap in the calculation of the response function and BSE kernel.

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Daniele