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Units of stress tensor in vasprun.xml

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:55 pm
by michaeleric.williams
I have been unable to locate documentation as to the units of the stress tensor as reported in vasprun.xml. I wonder if they are reported in eV/reduced length but this doesn't make any sense to me physically. Please explain.

Units of stress tensor in vasprun.xml

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:55 pm
by admin
in vasprun.xml the stress tensor is given in kilobar