WIEN2k: An APW+lo program for calculating the properties of solids

The WIEN2k program is based on the augmented plane wave plus local orbitals (APW+lo) method to solve the Kohn-Sham equations of density functional theory. The APW+lo method, which considers all electrons (core and valence) self-consistently in a full-potential treatment, is implemented very efficien...

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Published in:The Journal of chemical physics Vol. 152; no. 7; p. 074101
Main Authors: Blaha, Peter, Schwarz, Karlheinz, Tran, Fabien, Laskowski, Robert, Madsen, Georg K H, Marks, Laurence D
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 21.02.2020
ISSN:1089-7690, 1089-7690
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Summary:The WIEN2k program is based on the augmented plane wave plus local orbitals (APW+lo) method to solve the Kohn-Sham equations of density functional theory. The APW+lo method, which considers all electrons (core and valence) self-consistently in a full-potential treatment, is implemented very efficiently in WIEN2k, since various types of parallelization are available and many optimized numerical libraries can be used. Many properties can be calculated, ranging from the basic ones, such as the electronic band structure or the optimized atomic structure, to more specialized ones such as the nuclear magnetic resonance shielding tensor or the electric polarization. After a brief presentation of the APW+lo method, we review the usage, capabilities, and features of WIEN2k (version 19) in detail. The various options, properties, and available approximations for the exchange-correlation functional, as well as the external libraries or programs that can be used with WIEN2k, are mentioned. References to relevant applications and some examples are also given.
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ISSN:1089-7690
1089-7690
DOI:10.1063/1.5143061