[Wien] minimisation limit (when is enough enough)
Stefaan Cottenier
Stefaan.Cottenier at fys.kuleuven.ac.be
Wed Mar 24 21:50:17 CET 2004
Citeren Michael Gurnett <michael.gurnett at kau.se>:
> I was wondering in peoples experience if the following criteria is
> enough to obtain good band structure and core-levels (initial and
> final state) in regards to the forces on the atoms. All atoms are Ge
> with the exception of 34 which is Li.
>
> :FOR001: 1.ATOM 0.377 0.364 -0.025
> 0.094
> :FOR002: 2.ATOM 0.385 0.353 -0.033
> 0.151
>
> I seem to have reached a limit here. Should I proceed to try and
> volume optimise +- 0.5 percent, or should I be happy with what I
> have.
For all purposes I have experience with (this does not include core-
levels), this is a very, very good relaxation.
Stefaan
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