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An {{TAG|LPARD}} run is a postprocessing step that requires a pre-converged calculation. It writes the partial density, or multiple partial charge densities, to one {{FILE|PARCHG}} file or several PARCHG.*.* files, depending on the setting of {{TAG|LSEPB}} and {{TAG|LSEPK}}.
An {{TAG|LPARD}} run is a postprocessing step that requires a pre-converged calculation. It writes the partial density, or multiple partial charge densities, to one {{FILE|PARCHG}} file or several PARCHG.*.* files, depending on the setting of {{TAG|LSEPB}} and {{TAG|LSEPK}}.
<!--If {{TAG|LPARDH5}} = .TRUE., the output is redirected from {{FILE|PARCHG}} to {{FILE|vaspout.h5}}.-->
If {{TAG|LPARDH5}} = .TRUE., the output is redirected from {{FILE|PARCHG}} to {{FILE|vaspout.h5}}.
{{NB|warning| The orbitals read from the {{FILE|WAVECAR}} file must be converged in a prior VASP run.}}  
{{NB|warning| The orbitals read from the {{FILE|WAVECAR}} file must be converged in a prior VASP run.}}  
{{NB|warning| {{TAG|LPARD}} is not supported for noncollinear calculations ({{TAG|LNONCOLLINEAR}}{{=}}true).}}
{{NB|warning| {{TAG|LPARD}} is not supported for noncollinear calculations ({{TAG|LNONCOLLINEAR}}{{=}}true).}}
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{{TAG|LPARDH5}},
{{FILE|PARCHG}},
{{FILE|PARCHG}},
{{FILE|vaspout.h5}},
{{FILE|vaspout.h5}},

Latest revision as of 11:28, 18 December 2024

LPARD = [logical]
Default: LPARD = .FALSE. 

Description: Determines whether partial (band and/or k-point-decomposed) charge densities are evaluated.


An LPARD run is a postprocessing step that requires a pre-converged calculation. It writes the partial density, or multiple partial charge densities, to one PARCHG file or several PARCHG.*.* files, depending on the setting of LSEPB and LSEPK. If LPARDH5 = .TRUE., the output is redirected from PARCHG to vaspout.h5.

There are various ways to divide the partial charge density. You can pick the contributing bands either by index (refer to NBMOD and IBAND) or by energy range (refer to EINT), and select contributing k points through KPUSE.

Related tags and articles

IBAND, EINT, NBMOD, KPUSE, LSEPB, LSEPK, LPARDH5, PARCHG, vaspout.h5, Band-decomposed charge densities

Examples that use this tag