.. _contour:

[Contour]: Energy contour
=========================

Definition of the energy contour.

.. tabularcolumns:: |C|C|C|L|

+------------------+------------------------+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| Parameter        |  Type                  | Default      |  Description                                                |
+==================+========================+==============+=============================================================+
| **e_fermi**      | `<energy>`             |    0.0 Ry    | Initial Fermi energy                                        |
+------------------+------------------------+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| **ef_step**      | `<energy>`             |    0.1 Ry    | Initial Fermi-search step                                   |
+------------------+------------------------+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| **type**         | `<string>`             | **circular** | Type of the contour: **circular**, **elliptic**, **Fermi**  |
+------------------+------------------------+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| **nz_sections**  | `<list of integers>`   |    [16]      | Number of points on contour sections                        |
+------------------+------------------------+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| **n_aux**        | `<integer>`            |     10       | Number of points on the auxiliary contour                   |
+------------------+------------------------+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| **depth**        | `<energy>`             |    1.0 Ry    | Depth of the contour                                        |
+------------------+------------------------+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| **params**       | `<array>`              |    [0.3]     | Type-dependent parameters of the contour                    |
+------------------+------------------------+--------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+


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Notes:
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    - square brackets for array values, `[val1, val2, ...]`, are used in the documentation
      for clarity and should not be used in the input file