Electron-phonon coupling from GW perturbation theory: Practical workflow combining BerkeleyGW, ABINIT, and EPW

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Main Authors: Li, Zhenglu, Antonius, Gabriel, Chan, Yang-Hao, Louie, Steven G.
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Published: 2023
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author Li, Zhenglu
Antonius, Gabriel
Chan, Yang-Hao
Louie, Steven G.
author_facet Li, Zhenglu
Antonius, Gabriel
Chan, Yang-Hao
Louie, Steven G.
contents We present a workflow of practical calculations of electron-phonon (e-ph) coupling with many-electron correlation effects included using the GW perturbation theory (GWPT). This workflow combines BerkeleyGW, ABINIT, and EPW software packages to enable accurate e-ph calculations at the GW self-energy level, going beyond standard calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) and density-functional perturbation theory (DFPT). This workflow begins with DFT and DFPT calculations (ABINIT) as starting point, followed by GW and GWPT calculations (BerkeleyGW) for the quasiparticle band structures and e-ph matrix elements on coarse electron k- and phonon q-grids, which are then interpolated to finer grids through Wannier interpolation (EPW) for computations of various e-ph coupling determined physical quantities such as the electron self-energies or solutions of anisotropic Eliashberg equations, among others. A gauge-recovering symmetry unfolding technique is developed to reduce the computational cost of GWPT (as well as DFPT) while fulfilling the gauge consistency requirement for Wannier interpolation.
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spellingShingle Electron-phonon coupling from GW perturbation theory: Practical workflow combining BerkeleyGW, ABINIT, and EPW
Li, Zhenglu
Antonius, Gabriel
Chan, Yang-Hao
Louie, Steven G.
Materials Science
We present a workflow of practical calculations of electron-phonon (e-ph) coupling with many-electron correlation effects included using the GW perturbation theory (GWPT). This workflow combines BerkeleyGW, ABINIT, and EPW software packages to enable accurate e-ph calculations at the GW self-energy level, going beyond standard calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) and density-functional perturbation theory (DFPT). This workflow begins with DFT and DFPT calculations (ABINIT) as starting point, followed by GW and GWPT calculations (BerkeleyGW) for the quasiparticle band structures and e-ph matrix elements on coarse electron k- and phonon q-grids, which are then interpolated to finer grids through Wannier interpolation (EPW) for computations of various e-ph coupling determined physical quantities such as the electron self-energies or solutions of anisotropic Eliashberg equations, among others. A gauge-recovering symmetry unfolding technique is developed to reduce the computational cost of GWPT (as well as DFPT) while fulfilling the gauge consistency requirement for Wannier interpolation.
title Electron-phonon coupling from GW perturbation theory: Practical workflow combining BerkeleyGW, ABINIT, and EPW
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.12075