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.. figure:: images/cdo_bands.png
:width: 500

Orbital character for CdO valence bands. The character :math:`p` is represented
Fig 1. Orbital character for CdO valence bands. The character :math:`p` is represented
in yellow and the character :math:`d` in a magnet [10]_.


How to perform potential correction in crystals
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Following the Slater half occupation procedure, a change in charge density is necessary to obtain the potential for
half occupation, however a change in charge density in a unit cell would result in an infinitely charged system, which would lead to a
In this section, calculations were developed using some approximations in order to demonstrate
intuitively how the potential correction in crystals is made. To access the rigorous demonstration, consult the references [1]_ [2]_ .

Following the Slater half occupation procedure for atoms, a change in charge density is required
to obtain the potential for half occupation and perform the consistent calculations using the Khon-Shan equation, as well as
shown in Figure 2.

.. figure:: images/slater-atoms.svg
:width: 400

Fig 2. Flowchart representing the Slater procedure in atoms



Altough in extended systems like crystals a change in charge density in a unit cell would result in an infinitely charged system, which would lead to a
divergence in the Khon-Shan calculations. Furthermore, it would also be irrelevant to be able to modify only a finite amount of electrons in the crystal since
the charge would become irrelevant to the infinite amount of electrons present in the system. To bypass
the charge would become irrelevant to the infinite amount of electrons present in the system. To bypass this problem, it is necessary to find a new way
to derive the half-occupied potential.

Firstly, one have to define the system that corresponds to the semi-occupied potential for a solid. For an atom containing
:math:`N` electrons in its ground state, the semi-occupied potential is defined as the potential of the atom with :math:`N-\frac{1}{2}` electrons. Similarly, we should
think consider that the semi-occupied potential of a solid would be the potential generated by a solid with :math:`M-\frac{1}{2}` electrons per primitive cell, where :math:`M` is the number of electrons
of the unit cell in the ground state, as shown in Figure 3.

.. figure:: images/semi-solid.svg
:width: 400

Fig 3. Scheme representing the unit cells of a solid that would generate the potential semi-occupied.

So, to outline the solution, suppose one have :math:`N` independent charge distributions, where the :math:`mth` is given by:

.. math::
\rho_{m}(\vec{r}) = (1+f_{m})n_{m}(\vec{r}) \\
n_{m}(\vec{r}) = -q \cdot \eta_{m} \\
\int \eta_{m}(\vec{r})d\vec{r} = 1 \\
Where :math:`\rho` represents the density of the distribution :math:`m`, :math:`q` represents the charge of the electron, :math:`\eta` a normalized function in space and :math:`f` represents an occupancy factor that varies continuously from
0(occupied) to -1(unoccupied)


To bypass
this problem, approximations are used in order to make it possible to calculate the potential for the half occupation of the
crystal through other potentials [1]_ [2]_, as shown in the equation below:

.. math::
.. math:: `
V_{crystal}^{-1/2} = V_{crystal} - V_{1/2e}

Where :math:`V_ {crystal}^{- 1/2}` is the potential of the half-occupied crystal, :math:`V_ {crystal}`
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