Table 2 Selection criteria for the SSSP efficiency and SSSP precision libraries

From: Precision and efficiency in solid-state pseudopotential calculations

 

SSSP efficiency

SSSP precision

notes

Phonon frequencies \(\left( {\delta \bar \omega } \right)\)

<2%

< 1%

<1 cm−1 if ωmax < 100 cm−1

Cohesive energy (δEcoh)

<2 meV/atom

<2 meV/atom

 

Pressure (δVpress)

<1%

<0.5%

in terms of volume differences

Band structure (η10)

<10 meV

<10 meV

 

Band structure (max η10)

<20 meV

< 20 meV

 

Equation of state (Δ-factor)

<1 meV/atom (if possible)

Smallest