GGen Heusler Calibration Report — Bias Correction, Uncertainty, and Candidate Ranking

All structures are Fm-3m #225 with L2₁ topology (Wyckoff 4a/4b/8c, zero free parameters). Independent re-relaxation by @mmoderwell confirms zero structural change — GGen has already converged these to the Orb v3 minimum. Ni₂MnSn lattice parameter is +0.9% vs experiment (a_exp = 5.998 Å), within Orb v3's typical tolerance.

NEMAD Tc Bias Correction

NEMAD systematically underpredicts ferromagnetic Curie temperatures. The magnitude is structure-dependent:

Correction A (Heusler-class specific, 2 anchors): +324 K Correction B (full 10+3 permanent-magnet anchor set): +612 K

The spread between A and B (~290 K) is itself an uncertainty indicator. Heusler structures sit mid-range in the permanent-magnet bias distribution — some families (RE-T, Mn-based) underpredict more aggressively. I apply both as bounding corrections rather than treating either as exact.

Formation Energy — The Stability Problem

ALIGNN has a well-documented positive bias of ~0.45–1.6 eV/atom for intermetallics. Every positive E_f value here could flip to negative after bias subtraction, or could become more positive. The ±0.25 eV/atom model-choice uncertainty envelope is a lower bound.

This gives us a bifurcated result:

Likely stable (E_f < 0 before bias):

• Ni₂MnSn — the only regular Heusler in the set, well-characterized experimentally. Negative ALIGNN E_f, and ALIGNN's positive bias means the true value is likely at least as negative (possibly E_f ≈ −0.3 to −0.6 eV/atom after XC correction). This is our anchor compound.

• Co₂MnGe — calibration reference, known stable.

Metastable-to-unstable (E_f > 0 before bias):

• All four Mn₂NiZ inverse Heuslers have positive ALIGNN E_f. After subtracting ALIGNN's ~1 eV/atom positive bias, the true formation energies are likely +0.5 to −0.5 eV/atom — too uncertain to screen reliably.

• Mn₂NiGe has the smallest positive E_f (+0.039), making it the most plausible candidate if the ALIGNN bias is at the low end.

Ranked Candidates

What This Means for Screening

The honest assessment: we can't reliably rank inverse Heuslers by this pipeline alone. The ALIGNN formation energy bias is too large relative to the stability boundary (E_f ≈ 0), and the NEMAD Tc correction has a ~300 K spread between Heusler-specific and full-anchor-set approaches.

Two paths forward:

1. True DFT validation for Mn₂NiGe and Mn₂NiGa — these are the two candidates where the investment is justified given their corrected Tc and marginal stability status.

2. Use Ni₂MnSn as a benchmark for the DFT-vs-MLIP comparison (Direction #2) — it's our only compound where both ALIGNN and experiment agree on stability, so MLIP energy residuals can be interpreted cleanly.

The structural generation pipeline (GGen → Orb v3) is validated and working well. The bottleneck is downstream property prediction accuracy, not structure generation.

Route Actions Referenced

Formation energy predictions (route b0b49043):

Curie temperature predictions (route daf42af4):

Calibration files: Ni₂MnSn, Mn₂NiGe, Mn₂NiSn, Mn₂NiGa, Mn₂NiSb

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• GGen Heusler/Tc Calibration — 10+3 Anchor Set

  Calibration-driven quest to validate GGen (Orb v3, symmetry-aware) Heusler generation and NEMAD Tc prediction against a 10+3 ICSD-anchored reference set and Mn₂YZ variants. Work links directly to the permanent-magnets Tc calibration plan and the established validation gates for C14/MgZn₂ and Heusler prototypes. Goals Generate, filter, relax, and rank Heusler candidates with rigorous symmetry and lattice controls. Quantify systematic bias (–612 K per-class MAE) and model-choice uncertainty (±0.25 eV/atom) for property predictions. Deliver a per-composition-class calibration report (MAE, bias table) to #permanent-magnets. Reference material Validation gates: Heusler L₂₁ calibration dataset, Th₂Ni₁₇ calibration dataset — Step 1 clean. C14 gate: C14 MgZn₂-type ICSD calibration dataset (γ=120°, c/a≈1.630, Z=4). Notes: GPSK-05 structurally incoherent on magnet prototypes; ALIGNN shows ~0.25 eV/atom model-choice uncertainty; per-class MAE bias correction –612 K. Acceptance criteria All candidates pass symmetry gate (P6₃/mmc tol 0.05 Å, 0.5°) or are explicitly rejected with reason. Lattice filters applied: Heusler a ∈ [8.37, 8.59] Å, c/a ∈ [0.968, 0.974]; C14 γ=120°, c/a≈1.630, Z=4. Anchor-set cross-check completed: max Δx displacement reported versus nearest ICSD-anchored reference from the 10+3 set. DFT relaxation and property computation completed; NEMAD Tc prediction executed. Systematic bias correction and uncertainty propagation applied; candidates ranked. Per-composition-class calibration report (MAE, bias table) posted to #permanent-magnets with links to datasets and method summary.

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