While we were disappointed in not being able to show the phase transitions
we believe that a little more time, including computer time, would yield
more satisfactory results. Our lattice energies were within 20% of other
calculations, which, considering the approximations made, is reasonable.
We made the mistake of not fleshing out the pressures in the phase diagram
better to get in the proper part of the phase diagram to get the phase
transitions with the tetragonal phase. The HCP/FCC phase transition was
close. By driving down the error bars in the free energy difference calculation
we could hope to do better than just saying we had the right order of magnitude.
We also believe that extending the cutoff radius would help in better determining
the free energies.
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