[CP2K-user] [CP2K:15518] Data-type problem of wavefunction in gaussian cube files

jade panda jadepa... at gmail.com
Sat Jun 5 13:30:06 UTC 2021


Dear Juerg,

Thanks for your suggestion. It helps me a lot. By the way, I have a new 
question: for other k-point than gamma point, the primitive function is 
still real number, but the MO coefficients will be complex number. Is it 
right? Thanks.

Regards,
Jade

在2021年6月5日星期六 UTC+8 下午8:30:06<jgh> 写道:

> Hi
>
> CP2K, like most other QC codes, is using spherical harmonics in their real 
> form.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_harmonics
>
> regards
>
> Juerg Hutter
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> Subject: [CP2K:15518] Data-type problem of wavefunction in gaussian cube 
> files
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> Dear CP2K users,
>
> I am a relatively new CP2K user and try to calculate the example in 
> official website (https://www.cp2k.org/howto:static_calculation) using 
> CP2K.8.1. By adding the PRINT-MO_CUBES section, I print the molecular 
> orbits wavefunction in *.cube file. I find that the wavefunction volumetric 
> datas are float numbers in it. But from the basis set form, the primitive 
> funciton includes spherical harmonics function, which is a complex number 
> (because of the exp(i*m*phi)‘s existence). so what's the relationship 
> between the true wavefunction and it in cube file? Is it directly setting 
> the exp(i*m*phi) to 1 or other method? 
>
> I attach the the figures of few lines of *.cube file and primitive 
> function formula here. Thanks for any suggestions! 
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