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The CRYSTAL code, 1976–2020 and beyond, a long story

Roberto Dovesi
Klaus Doll
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Simone Salustro
Valentina Lacivita
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Anna Maria Ferrari
Jacopo Baima

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CRYSTAL is a periodic ab initio code that uses a Gaussian-type basis set to express crystalline orbitals (i.e., Bloch functions). The use of atom-centered basis functions allows treating 3D (crystals), 2D (slabs), 1D (polymers), and 0D (molecules) systems on the same grounds. In turn, all-electron calculations are inherently permitted along with pseudopotential strategies. A variety of density functionals are implemented, including global and range-separated hybrids of various natures and, as an extreme case, Hartree–Fock (HF). The cost for HF or hybrids is only about 3–5 times higher than when using the local density approximation or the generalized gradient approximation. Symmetry is fully exploited at all steps of the calculation. Many tools are available to modify the structure as given in input and simplify the construction of complicated objects, such as slabs, nanotubes, molecules, and clusters. Many tensorial properties can be evaluated by using a single input keyword: elastic, piezoelectric, photoelastic, dielectric, first and second hyperpolarizabilities, etc. The calculation of infrared and Raman spectra is available, and the intensities are computed analytically. Automated tools are available for the generation of the relevant configurations of solid solutions and/or disordered systems. Three versions of the code exist: serial, parallel, and massive-parallel. In the second one, the most relevant matrices are duplicated on each core, whereas in the third one, the Fock matrix is distributed for diagonalization. All the relevant vectors are dynamically allocated and deallocated after use, making the code very agile. CRYSTAL can be used efficiently on high performance computing machines up to thousands of cores.
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hal-02635009 , version 1 (18-11-2020)

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Roberto Dovesi, Fabien Pascale, Bartolomeo Civalleri, Klaus Doll, Nicholas Harrison, et al.. The CRYSTAL code, 1976–2020 and beyond, a long story. Journal of Chemical Physics, 2020, 152 (20), pp.204111. ⟨10.1063/5.0004892⟩. ⟨hal-02635009⟩
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