input_description -distribution {Quantum ESPRESSO} -package PHonon -program matdyn.x {

    toc {}

    intro {
	@b {Purpose of matdyn.x:}

        This program calculates the phonon frequencies for a list of generic
        @i q vectors starting from the interatomic force constants generated
        from the dynamical matrices as written by DFPT phonon code through
        the companion program @b q2r.x
  
        @b matdyn.x can generate a supercell of the original cell for mass
        approximation calculation. If supercell data are not specified
        in input, the unit cell, lattice vectors, atom types and positions
        are read from the force constant file.

        @b {Input data format:} [ ] = it depends

        @b {Structure of the input data:}
	========================================================================

        @b &INPUT
	   ...specs of the namelist variables...
	@b /

        [ X(1)   Y(1)   Z(1)    ityp(1)
          ...
          X(nat) Y(nat) Z(nat)  ityp(nat) ]

        [ nq
          q_x(1)  q_y(1)  q_x(1)   [ nptq(1) ]
          ...
          q_x(nq) q_y(nq) q_x(nq)  [ nptq(1) ] ]
    }

    namelist INPUT {
        var flfrc -type CHARACTER {
            info {
                File produced by @b q2r containing force constants (needed)
                It is the same as in the input of @b q2r.x (+ the .xml extension
                if the dynamical matrices produced by ph.x were in xml
                format). No default value: must be specified.
            }
        }

        var  asr -type  CHARACTER {
	    default { 'no' }
            options {
                info {
                    Indicates the type of Acoustic Sum Rule imposed.

                    Allowed values:
                }
                opt -val 'no' {
                    no Acoustic Sum Rules imposed (default)
                }
                opt -val 'simple' {
                    previous implementation of the asr used
                    (3 translational asr imposed by correction of
                     the diagonal elements of the force constants matrix)
                }
                opt -val 'crystal' {
                    3 translational asr imposed by optimized
                    correction of the force constants (projection)
                }
                opt -val 'one-dim' {
                    3 translational asr + 1 rotational asr imposed
                    by optimized correction of the dyn. mat. (the
                    rotation axis is the direction of periodicity; it
                    will work only if this axis considered is one of
                    the Cartesian axis).
                }         
                opt -val 'zero-dim' {
                    3 translational asr + 3 rotational asr imposed
                    by optimized correction of the dyn. mat.
                }
                info {
                    Note that in certain cases, not all the rotational asr
                    can be applied (e.g. if there are only 2 atoms in a
                    molecule or if all the atoms are aligned, etc.).
                    In these cases the supplementary asr are cancelled
                    during the orthonormalization procedure (see below).
                }
            }
        }
        var dos -type LOGICAL {
            info {
                if @b .true. calculate phonon Density of States (DOS)
                using tetrahedra and a uniform q-point grid (see below)
                @b NB: may not work properly in noncubic materials
                
                if @b .false. calculate phonon bands from the list of q-points
                supplied in input (default)
            }
        }

        vargroup -type INTEGER {
            var nk1
            var nk2
            var nk3
            info {
                uniform q-point grid for DOS calculation (includes q=0)
                (must be specified if @ref dos = .true., ignored otherwise)
            }
        }

        var deltaE -type REAL {
            info {
                energy step, in cm@sup -1, for DOS calculation: from min
                to max phonon energy (default: 1 cm@sup -1 if ndos, see
                below, is not specified)
            }
        }

        var ndos -type INTEGER {
            info {
                number of energy steps for DOS calculations
                (default: calculated from deltaE if not specified)
            }
        }

        var degauss -type REAL {
            info {
                DOS broadening in cm@sup -1
                
                Default: 0 - meaning use tetrahedra
            }
        }
        
        var fldos -type CHARACTER {
            info {
                output file for dos (default: @tt 'matdyn.dos')
                the dos is in states/cm@sup -1 plotted vs omega in cm(-1)
                and is normalised to 3*nat, i.e. the number of phonons
            }
        }

        var flfrq  -type CHARACTER {
            info {
                output file for frequencies (default: @tt 'matdyn.freq')
            }
        }
        
        var flvec -type CHARACTER {
            info {
                output file for normalized phonon displacements 
                (default: @tt 'matdyn.modes'). The normalized phonon displacements
                are the eigenvectors divided by the square root of the mass,
                then normalized. As such they are not orthogonal.
            }
        }
        
        var fleig  -type CHARACTER {
            info {
                output file for phonon eigenvectors (default: @tt 'matdyn.eig')
                The phonon eigenvectors are the eigenvectors of the dynamical
                matrix. They are orthogonal.
            }
        }
        
        var fldyn -type CHARACTER {
            info {
                output file for dynamical matrix (default: ' ' i.e. not written)
            }
        }
        
        multidimension  at -indexes i,j -start 1,1 -end 3,3 -type REAL {
            info {
                supercell lattice vectors - must form a superlattice of the
                original lattice (default: use original cell)
            }
        }

        vargroup -type INTEGER {
            var l1
            var l2
            var l3
            info {
                supercell lattice vectors are original cell vectors times
                l1, l2, l3 respectively (default: 1, ignored if @ref at specified)
            }
        }
        var ntyp -type INTEGER {
            info {
                number of atom types in the supercell
                (default: @ref ntyp of the original cell)
            }
        }
        
        dimension amass -start 1 -end ntyp -type REAL {
            info {
                masses of atoms in the supercell (a.m.u.), one per atom type
                (default: use masses read from file @tt flfrc)
            }
        }
        
        var readtau -type LOGICAL {
            info {
                read  atomic positions of the supercell from input
                (used to specify different masses) (default: @tt .false.)
            }
        }
        
        var fltau -type CHARACTER {
            info {
                write atomic positions of the supercell to file @tt fltau
                (default: @ref fltau = ' ', do not write)
            }
        }
        var la2F -type LOGICAL {
            info {
                if @b .true. interpolates also the el-ph coefficients
            }
        }
        
        var q_in_band_form -type LOGICAL {
            info {
                if @b .true. the q points are given in band form:
                only the first and last point of one or more lines 
                are given. See below. (default: @tt .false.).
            }
        }
        
        var q_in_cryst_coord -type LOGICAL {
            info {
                if @b .true. input q points are in crystalline 
                coordinates (default: @tt .false.)
            }
        }
        
        var eigen_similarity -type LOGICAL {
            info {
                use similarity of the displacements to order 
                frequencies  (default: @tt .false.)

                @b NB: You cannot use this option with the symmetry
                analysis of the modes.
            }
        }
        
        var fd -type LOGICAL {
            info {
                if @b .true. the ifc come from the finite displacement calculation
            }
        }
        
        var na_ifc -type LOGICAL {
            info {
                add non analitic contributions to the interatomic force 
                constants if finite displacement method is used (as in Wang et al.
                PRB 85, 224303 (2012)) [to be used in conjunction with @b fd.x]
            }
        }
        
        var nosym -type LOGICAL {
            info {
                if @b .true., no symmetry and no time reversal are imposed
            }
        }

        var  loto_2d -type LOGICAL {
            info {
                set to @b .true. to activate two-dimensional treatment of LO-TO splitting
            }
        }
        
        var loto_disable -type LOGICAL {
            info {
                if @b .true. do not apply LO-TO splitting for q=0
                (default: @tt .false.)
            }
        }
    }

    choose {
        when -test "readtau == .true." {
            card AtomicPositionSpecs -nameless 1 {
                label {
                    if (@ref readtau) atomic positions must be specified as follows:
                }                       

                syntax {
                    table atomic_coordinates {
                        rows -start 1 -end nat {
                            colgroup -type REAL {
                                info { 
                                    X, Y, Z atomic positions 
                                }
                                col X
                                col Y
                                col Z
                            }
                            col ityp -type INTEGER {
                                info {
                                    index of the atomic type
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    
    choose {
        when -test "q_in_band_form == .true .and. dos == .false." {
            card qPointsSpecs -nameless 1 {
                label {
                    if (@ref q_in_band_form .and. .not.@ref dos) q-points must be specified as follows:
                }                       

                syntax {
                    line {
                        var nq -type INTEGER {
                            info {
                                number of q points
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    table qPoints1 {
                        info {
                            The format of the q-points specification is:

                            (q(i,n),i=1,3), nptq

                            @tt nptq is the number of points between this point
                            and the next. These points are automatically
                            generated. the q points are given in Cartesian
                            coordinates, 2pi/a units (a = lattice parameters)
                        }
                        rows -start 1 -end nq {
                            colgroup -type REAL {
                                info { 
                                    coordinates of the Q point
                                }
                                col q_x
                                col q_y
                                col q_z
                            }
                            col nptq -type INTEGER {
                                info {
                                    The number of points between this point and the next.

                                    @ref nptq is the number of points between this point
                                    and the next. These points are automatically
                                    generated. the q points are given in Cartesian
                                    coordinates, 2pi/@i a units (@i a = lattice parameters)
                                }
                            }                            
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        elsewhen -test "dos == .false." {
            label {
                if (.not. @ref dos) q-points must be specified as follows:
            } 
           card qPointsSpecs -nameless 1 {
               syntax {
                   line {
                       var nq -type INTEGER {
                           info {
                               number of q points
                           }
                       }
                   }
                   table qPoints2 {
                       info {
                           The format of the q-points specification is:
                           
                           ((q(i,n),i=1,3), n=1,nq)
                           
                       }
                       rows -start 1 -end nq {
                           colgroup -type REAL {
                               info { 
                                   q-points in cartesian coordinates, 2pi/@i a units (@i a = lattice parameters)
                               }
                               col q_x
                               col q_y
                               col q_z
                           }
                       }
                   }
               }
           }
        }
    }

    section -title Notes {
        text {
            If q = 0, the direction qhat (q=>0) for the non-analytic part
            is extracted from the sequence of q-points as follows:
            
            qhat = q(n) - q(n-1)   or   qhat = q(n) - q(n+1)
            
            depending on which one is available and nonzero.

            For low-symmetry crystals, specify twice q = 0 in the list
            if you want to have q = 0 results for two different directions
        }
    }
}
