[Wien] simple question about scf convergence of hematite supercell

[Laurence Marks]

The answer to this is that you have to think about the physics of your
problem, and setup a calculation which is representative of this. If
you pose the physics very badly in general you will get nowhere; the
iterations may not coverge, the forces will be inconsistent and the
results rubbish. Key things:
1) Read the UG carefully, as well as the other notes on the web pages
so you understand the underlying physics.
2) Don't just use an RKMAX, think about the plane wave sampling
(RKMAX/min(RMT)) as well. For instance, this should be at least 3.5
for a "good" calculation.
3) Think about what the k-point sampling means. 1 k-pt for a small
supercell is not reasonable.
4) Think about whether it is reasonable to run Fe2O3 without spin. Fe
is magnetic, so you are trying to run a spin-polarized system without
spin which is incorrect physics.
5) Think about whether it is reasonable to run Fe2O3 using simple GGA,
or if this will give incorrect physics.

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 6:19 AM, swati chaudhury <swati at rcais.res.in> wrote:
> Dear all Wien users,
>                 I am having problems with convergence of supercell of
> hematite (Fe2O3, non-magnetic).
> I have tried by changing so many parameters like mixing factor
> (PRATT/BROYD/MSEC with 0.05,0.01,0.10,0.40), global E-parameter (0.35,0.30),
> K-points (1,8) etc. So I am now little bit confused that is there any other
> parameters, which can help to convergence scf cycle.
> Basic inputs:
> Supercell : 2x2x1 with 10 bohr slab
> Space group=147  (P –3)
> 13 GGA, -9.0 cut-off value, Rkmax =5.40, Emin = -9.0, Emax = 2.50, 14 - Gmax
> Please help.
> Thanks in advance.
> Regards.
> Swati.
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