[Wien] wien

Kateryna Foyevtsova foyevtsova at th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de
Tue Aug 7 16:12:43 CEST 2012


Hi,

according to the wien2k web page

http://www.wien2k.at/reg_user/limitations/

calculation of forces with spin-orbit is not yet implemented.




On 07/08/12 16:05, Alexey Korshunov wrote:
>     Prof. Blaha and wien users.
>   
>  I am running wien version 11.1 on a intel core i7 machine  with 
> Mandriva 2010 operating system, fortran compiler ifort 11.1 and math
>     libraries mkl 10.
>     The purpose of my calculations is to get forces to perfom surface
> structure relaxation.
>     I am calculating tungsten slab with the following initial structure
> 
> W_surface                                                                  
> CXY LATTICE,NONEQUIV.ATOMS: 
> 765_Cmmm                                         
> MODE OF CALC=RELA
> unit=bohr                                                   
>   5.981401  8.458979 84.589790 90.000000 90.000000
> 90.000000                  
> ATOM  -1: X=0.00000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.00000000
>           MULT= 1          ISPLIT= 8
> W 1        NPT=  781  R0=0.00000500 RMT=    2.2000   Z:
> 74.0                  
> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
> ATOM  -2: X=0.50000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.05000000
>           MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 8
>       -2: X=0.50000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.95000000
> W 2        NPT=  781  R0=0.00000500 RMT=    2.2000   Z:
> 74.0                  
> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
> ATOM  -3: X=0.00000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.10000000
>           MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 8
>       -3: X=0.00000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.90000000
> W 3        NPT=  781  R0=0.00000500 RMT=    2.2000   Z:
> 74.0                  
> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
> ATOM  -4: X=0.50000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.15000000
>           MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 8
>       -4: X=0.50000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.85000000
> W 4        NPT=  781  R0=0.00000500 RMT=    2.2000   Z:
> 74.0                  
> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
> ATOM  -5: X=0.00000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.20000000
>           MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 8
>       -5: X=0.00000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.80000000
> W 5        NPT=  781  R0=0.00000500 RMT=    2.2000   Z:
> 74.0                  
> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
> ATOM  -6: X=0.50000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.25000000
>           MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 8
>       -6: X=0.50000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.75000000
> W 6        NPT=  781  R0=0.00000500 RMT=    2.2000   Z:
> 74.0                  
> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
> ATOM  -7: X=0.00000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.30000000
>           MULT= 2          ISPLIT= 8
>       -7: X=0.00000000 Y=0.00000000 Z=0.70000000
> W 7        NPT=  781  R0=0.00000500 RMT=    2.2000   Z:
> 74.0                  
> LOCAL ROT MATRIX:    1.0000000 0.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 1.0000000 0.0000000
>                      0.0000000 0.0000000 1.0000000
>    8      NUMBER OF SYMMETRY OPERATIONS
> 
> using GGA PBE XC potential, spin-orbit interaction without spin
> polarization, RKmax=7, k-mesh=2000.
> The commandline is  run_lapw -p -so -cc 0.00001 -ec 0.0001 -fc 1.0 -i
> 120 -r 20.
> There is the force result of last two iterations:
> 
> :ITE069: 69. ITERATION       TOTAL FORCE WITH RESPECT TO THE GLOBAL
> COORDINATE SYSTEM:
> :FGL001:   1.ATOM                 0.000000000     0.000000000    
> 0.000000000 partial forces
> :FGL002:   2.ATOM                 0.000000000     0.000000000    
> 3.035000000 partial forces
> :FGL003:   3.ATOM                 0.000000000     0.000000000    
> 2.956000000 partial forces
> :FGL004:   4.ATOM                 0.000000000     0.000000000   
> 16.247000000 partial forces
> :FGL005:   5.ATOM                 0.000000000     0.000000000   
> 79.306000000 partial forces
> :FGL006:   6.ATOM                 0.000000000     0.000000000    
> 5.081000000 partial forces
> :FGL007:   7.ATOM                 0.000000000     0.000000000  
> 828.277000000 partial forces
> 
> :ITE070: 70. ITERATION     TOTAL FORCE WITH RESPECT TO THE GLOBAL
> COORDINATE SYSTEM:
> :FGL001:   1.ATOM                 0.000000000     0.000000000    
> 0.000000000 total forces
> :FGL002:   2.ATOM                 0.000000000     0.000000000  
> 289.947000000 total forces
> :FGL003:   3.ATOM                 0.000000000     0.000000000  
> 123.015000000 total forces
> :FGL004:   4.ATOM                 0.000000000     0.000000000   
> 72.397000000 total forces
> :FGL005:   5.ATOM                 0.000000000     0.000000000   
> 33.811000000 total forces
> :FGL006:   6.ATOM                 0.000000000     0.000000000   
> 25.803000000 total forces
> :FGL007:   7.ATOM                 0.000000000     0.000000000  
> -56.857000000 total forces
> 
> The difference is because of appearance of huge valence forces in last
> iteration:
>  
>       VALENCE-FORCE IN mRy/a.u. = |F|   Fx             Fy             Fz
> :FVA001:   1.ATOM          0.000          0.000          0.000         
> 0.000
>        VALENCE-FORCE IN mRy/a.u. = |F|   Fx             Fy             Fz
> :FVA002:   2.ATOM        287.029          0.000          0.000       
> 287.029
>        VALENCE-FORCE IN mRy/a.u. = |F|   Fx             Fy             Fz
> :FVA003:   3.ATOM        119.172          0.000          0.000       
> 119.172
>        VALENCE-FORCE IN mRy/a.u. = |F|   Fx             Fy             Fz
> :FVA004:   4.ATOM         55.430          0.000          0.000        
> 55.430
>        VALENCE-FORCE IN mRy/a.u. = |F|   Fx             Fy             Fz
> :FVA005:   5.ATOM         51.852          0.000          0.000       
> -51.852
>        VALENCE-FORCE IN mRy/a.u. = |F|   Fx             Fy             Fz
> :FVA006:   6.ATOM         29.373          0.000          0.000        
> 29.373
>        VALENCE-FORCE IN mRy/a.u. = |F|   Fx             Fy             Fz
> :FVA007:   7.ATOM        684.540          0.000          0.000      
> -684.540
> 
> The total forces in the 70-th iteration look unphysical. A very high
> force has appeared on the next to the internal layer of the slab
> (it is the 6-th layer from the surface).
> This leads to an icrease of interlayer distance between internal
> monolayers. On the other hand, the total forces in the 69-th iteration are
> rather realistic. However, they do not contain the valence-force
> corrections.
> This effect appears only in the spin-orbit mode.
> 
> The questions are:
> 1. Is it possible to use the forces without  valence-force corrections,
> e.g. pure HELLMAN-FEYMAN forces, for the relaxation?
> 
> 2. Can the spin-orbit mode lead to the wrong forces?
> 
> Sincerely, Korshunov Alexey, Sarov State Physical Tecnical Institute,
> Russia.
> al.korshunof at gmail.com <mailto:al.korshunof at gmail.com>
> 
> 
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