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MixingKerkerFactor
MixingKerkerFactor
Section SCF::Mixing
Type float
Default 1.0
The screening factor, $q_0$ in the Kerker preconditioner in units of inverse length.
For small wave vectors, q, screening behaves like $\frac{Aq}{q_0}$, where A is the mixing coefficient.
An optimal value is determined empirically for a given system and mixing coeffient, however the default
is a reasonable choice in many cases.
Source information
scf/mix.F90 : 376
call parse_variable ( namespace , trim ( prefix ) + 'MixingKerkerFactor' , 1._real64 , smix % kerker_factor )
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