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Hi,
I am doing cluster calculation consisting of Transition metal atom & Silicon atom.
I did spin polarize calculation. I got a value of magnetic moment.
But I am not sure wheather the moments are optimized or not. The magnetic moment of my system mainly comes from the TM. To optimize th moment I mean to find out the the spin configuration of the TM for which my system will have minimum energy.
Is it possible in VASP ? What should I do for this?

Thanking You.

the magnetic moments are determined self-consistently together with the charge densities, as the difference between spin up and spin down charge. I am not quite sure what you mean by the "spin configuration":
-- if you just do a collinear calculation, the total moments are given
-- the orientation of the spins (with respect to the quantisation axis, which is z unless set explicitely) can be obtained by using the LNONCOLLINEAR = True option. Please have a look in the online handbook on how to give the starting guesses (MAGMOM) and the quantisation axis (SAXIS) in INCAR then

The difference between spin up and spin down charge (expressed in unit 'e') should be integers: any explanation for a value say 2.71 or 0.58 e.

Thanks