Bihlmayer GPeter Grünberg Institute and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA (Jülich Aachen Research Alliance), D-52425 Jülich, Germany.
Björkman TDepartment of Physics, Åbo Akademi, FI-20500 Turku, Finland. Centre of Excellence in Computational Nanoscience (COMP) and Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University School of Science, Post Office Box 11100, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland.
Blaha PInstitute of Materials Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/165-TC, A-1060 Vienna, Austria.
Blügel SPeter Grünberg Institute and Institute for Advanced Simulation, Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA (Jülich Aachen Research Alliance), D-52425 Jülich, Germany.
Blum VDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
Caliste DUniversité Grenoble Alpes, Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie-Modeling and Material Exploration Department (INAC-MEM), Laboratoire de Simulation Atomistique (L_Sim), F-38042 Grenoble, France. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA), INAC-MEM, L_Sim, F-38054 Grenoble, France.
Castelli IETheory and Simulation of Materials (THEOS) and National Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials (MARVEL), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
Clark SJDepartment of Physics, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
Dal Corso AInternational School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) and DEMOCRITOS, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto Officina dei Materiali (CNR-IOM), Via Bonomea 265, I-34136 Trieste, Italy.
de Gironcoli SInternational School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) and DEMOCRITOS, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto Officina dei Materiali (CNR-IOM), Via Bonomea 265, I-34136 Trieste, Italy.
Deutsch TUniversité Grenoble Alpes, Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie-Modeling and Material Exploration Department (INAC-MEM), Laboratoire de Simulation Atomistique (L_Sim), F-38042 Grenoble, France. Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA), INAC-MEM, L_Sim, F-38054 Grenoble, France.
Dewhurst JKMax-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, Germany.
Di Marco IDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Division of Materials Theory, Uppsala University, Post Office Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.
Draxl CInstitut für Physik and Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences (IRIS)-Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Zum Großen Windkanal 6, D-12489 Berlin, Germany. Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Dułak MCenter for Atomic-Scale Materials Design, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
Eriksson ODepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Division of Materials Theory, Uppsala University, Post Office Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.
Flores-Livas JAMax-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, Germany.
Garrity KFMaterial Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8553, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.
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Giannozzi PDepartment of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics, University of Udine, Via delle Scienze 206, I-33100 Udine, Italy.
Giantomassi MInstitute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences-Nanoscopic Physics (NAPS), Université Catholique de Louvain, Chemin des Étoiles 8, BE-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Goedecker SInstitut für Physik, Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Gonze XInstitute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences-Nanoscopic Physics (NAPS), Université Catholique de Louvain, Chemin des Étoiles 8, BE-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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Gross EKMax-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, Germany.
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Gygi FDepartment of Computer Science, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Hamann DRDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019, USA. Mat-Sim Research, Post Office Box 742, Murray Hill, NJ 07974, USA.
Hasnip PJDepartment of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK.
Holzwarth NADepartment of Physics, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA.
Iuşan DDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Division of Materials Theory, Uppsala University, Post Office Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.
Jones DDepartment of Materials, University of Oxford, 16 Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, UK.
Kresse GFaculty of Physics and Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Vienna, Sensengasse 8/12, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
Koepernik KLeibniz‑Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung (IFW) Dresden, Post Office Box 270 116, D-01171 Dresden, Germany. Dresden Center for Computational Materials Science (DCMS), Technische Universität Dresden, D-01069 Dresden, Germany.
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Kvashnin YODepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Division of Materials Theory, Uppsala University, Post Office Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.
Locht ILDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Division of Materials Theory, Uppsala University, Post Office Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden. Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Lubeck SInstitut für Physik and Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences (IRIS)-Adlershof, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Zum Großen Windkanal 6, D-12489 Berlin, Germany.
Marsman MFaculty of Physics and Center for Computational Materials Science, University of Vienna, Sensengasse 8/12, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
Marzari NTheory and Simulation of Materials (THEOS) and National Centre for Computational Design and Discovery of Novel Materials (MARVEL), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Nordström LDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Division of Materials Theory, Uppsala University, Post Office Box 516, SE-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.
Ozaki TInstitute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8581, Japan.
Paulatto LInstitut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux, et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Sorbonne Universités-Pierre and Marie Curie University Paris 06, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 7590, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) Unité de Recherche 206, 4 Place Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France.
Pickard CJDepartment of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, 27 Charles Babbage Road, Cambridge CB3 0FS, UK.
Poelmans WCenter for Molecular Modeling, Ghent University, Technologiepark 903, BE-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium. High Performance Computing Unit, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S9, BE-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Probert MIDepartment of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, UK.
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Rignanese GMInstitute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences-Nanoscopic Physics (NAPS), Université Catholique de Louvain, Chemin des Étoiles 8, BE-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Saha SInstitut für Physik, Universität Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 82, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Scheffler MFritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Materials Department, University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5050, USA.
Schlipf MDepartment of Computer Science, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Schwarz KInstitute of Materials Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Getreidemarkt 9/165-TC, A-1060 Vienna, Austria.
Sharma SMax-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, Germany.
Tavazza FMaterial Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8553, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA.
Thunström PInstitute for Solid State Physics, Vienna University of Technology, A-1040 Vienna, Austria.
Tkatchenko AFritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany. Physics and Materials Science Research Unit, University of Luxembourg, L-1511 Luxembourg.
Vanderbilt DDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8019, USA.
van Setten MJInstitute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences-Nanoscopic Physics (NAPS), Université Catholique de Louvain, Chemin des Étoiles 8, BE-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Van Speybroeck VCenter for Molecular Modeling, Ghent University, Technologiepark 903, BE-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium.
Wills JMTheoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
Yates JRDepartment of Materials, University of Oxford, 16 Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH, UK.
Zhang GXInstitute of Theoretical and Simulational Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, People's Republic of China.
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English
The widespread popularity of density functional theory has given rise to an extensive range of dedicated codes for predicting molecular and crystalline properties. However, each code implements the formalism in a different way, raising questions about the reproducibility of such predictions. We report the results of a community-wide effort that compared 15 solid-state codes, using 40 different potentials or basis set types, to assess the quality of the Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof equations of state for 71 elemental crystals. We conclude that predictions from recent codes and pseudopotentials agree very well, with pairwise differences that are comparable to those between different high-precision experiments. Older methods, however, have less precise agreement. Our benchmark provides a framework for users and developers to document the precision of new applications and methodological improvements.