Command Line Functionality

Executing core functionality of PM from the command line.

Most key tasks can be performed from the command line, and here we document all such functionality.


Input tags

Input tags used by PM from the command line.

Crystal Structure

Most computations require a crystal structure, and PM has a standard yaml file for doing so.

General Utility for crystals

Periodica performs a collection of different tasks for crystals.

Symmetrizing displacements

A key task is to symmetrize the basis such that the vectors transform like irreducible representations.

Products of Irreducible Representations

Perform direct products and symmetric direct products of irreps.

Compute Irreducible Derivative

Describes how to compute irreducible derivatives for a xtal using LID or BID.

Phonon Linewidth and Thermal Conductivity

Using second and third order irreducible derivatives to compute the phonon linewidth and thermal conductivity.