<font size="4">dear </font>Mourad<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br>as Mr. Giuseppe has said the interval of U depends on matter and condition that you have. the best answer for you is, of course i think, at first you should calculate U by some approach such as RPA,cRPA or perturbation and than exert it on your calculation.<br>
<br>Best regards<br></font></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/1/16 Giuseppe Mattioli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:giuseppe.mattioli@mlib.ism.cnr.it">giuseppe.mattioli@mlib.ism.cnr.it</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Dear Mourad<br>
What do you mean by "validity"? You can set a given U value without any restriction, but if you mean<br>
a "meaningful U value" it depends on the physical properties of your system.<br>
HTH<br>
Giuseppe<br>
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On Monday 16 January 2012 09:52:40 debbichi mourad wrote:<br>
> Dear pwscf users<br>
><br>
> I would like to do some calculations with LDA+U.<br>
> I would like to know the interval of the validity of the potential U.<br>
><br>
> Thanks in advance,<br>
><br>
> Sincerely<br>
> Mourad<br>
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><br>
> DEBBICHI Mourad<br>
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