[Wien] Problem in LDA+U calculation

Robert Laskowski rolask at theochem.tuwien.ac.at
Wed Jun 27 00:05:02 CEST 2012


do you have correct dmats up/dn ?

Robert

On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 20:58:11 Hena Das wrote:
> Hi Robert,
> 
> Thank you for your suggestion. I checked that the orb executables from
> Wien2k giving the same problem. The case.vorbup file is not complete, it
> has only one line written " 1  1  3  0.000000E+00 nmod, nsp, natorb,
> muB*Bext (Ry), spin up".
> 
> Waiting for more suggestions.
> 
> Best,
> Hena
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
> [wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at] on behalf of Robert Laskowski
> [rolask at theochem.tuwien.ac.at] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 3:21 AM
> To: A Mailing list for WIEN2k users
> Subject: Re: [Wien] Problem in LDA+U calculation
> 
> Hi,
> I am nearly sure that orb form wien2k can be used in wienncm, there is no
> use of spins in orb program.
> But you should test it first, use one l per atom and check if the both give
> the save potentials. If they do, then use wien2k orb in wienncm run.
> 
> regards
> 
> Robert
> 
> On Monday 25 June 2012 22:07:52 Hena Das wrote:
> > Yes, I am using Wienncm code.
> > 
> > ________________________________________
> > From: wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at
> > [wien-bounces at zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at] on behalf of
> > tran at theochem.tuwien.ac.at [tran at theochem.tuwien.ac.at] Sent: Monday,
> > June 25, 2012 4:00 PM
> > To: A Mailing list for WIEN2k users
> > Subject: Re: [Wien] Problem in LDA+U calculation
> > 
> > I vaguely remember that around 2006, we changed something such that it
> > should work, but I am not sure. If this is true, it could be that these
> > changes were not included in the orb package of the NCM code (you are
> > mentioning non-collinear spin configuration, right?).
> > 
> > F. Tran
> > 
> > On Mon, 25 Jun 2012, Peter Blaha wrote:
> > > I know that Pavel Novak programmed orb so that it can read more
> > > l-values per atom. However, I've never tested this myself because I
> > > believe there is no physics in it. In other words: I do not know an
> > > atom where it makes sense to put a U for d and f states. For
> > > lanthanides the 5d density will be quite delocalized and anyway only
> > > some fraction is inside the atomic sphere.
> > > 
> > > So unless you can convince me that you have a physically sensible
> > > system, I don't know if I should debug this ...
> > > 
> > > Am 25.06.2012 17:45, schrieb Hena Das:
> > > > Dear All,
> > > > 
> > > > I am doing a scf calculation for a particular non-collinear spin
> > > > configuration. A am using LDA+U method. When I use the following
> > > > case.inorb and case.indmc files:
> > > > case.inorb
> > > > 
> > > >   1  3  0                     nmod, natorb, ipr
> > > > 
> > > > PRATT  1.0                    BROYD/PRATT, mixing
> > > > 
> > > >    1 1 3
> > > >    2 1 3
> > > >    3 1 2
> > > >    1                              nsic 0..AMF, 1..SIC, 2..HFM
> > > >    
> > > >     0.65 0.07                        U J (Ry)
> > > >     0.65 0.07
> > > >     0.45 0.07
> > > > 
> > > > case.indmc
> > > > -9.                      Emin cutoff energy
> > > > 
> > > >   3                       number of atoms for which density matrix is
> > > > 
> > > > calculated
> > > > 
> > > >   1  1  3      index of 1st atom, number of L's, L1
> > > >   2  1  3      dtto for 2nd atom, repeat NATOM times
> > > >   3  1  2      index of 1st atom, number of L's, L1
> > > >   0 0           r-index, (l,s)index
> > > > 
> > > > the program executes properly without any error. However when I use
> > > > the other set of case.inorb and case.indmc files:
> > > > case.inorb
> > > > 
> > > >    1  3  0                     nmod, natorb, ipr
> > > > 
> > > > PRATT  1.0                    BROYD/PRATT, mixing
> > > > 
> > > >    1 2 3 2
> > > >    2 2 3 2
> > > >    3 1 2
> > > >    1                              nsic 0..AMF, 1..SIC, 2..HFM
> > > >    
> > > >     0.65 0.07
> > > >     0.45 0.07                        U J (Ry)
> > > >     0.65 0.07
> > > >     0.45 0.07
> > > >     0.45 0.07
> > > > 
> > > > case.indmc
> > > > -9.                      Emin cutoff energy
> > > > 
> > > >   3                       number of atoms for which density matrix is
> > > > 
> > > > calculated
> > > > 
> > > >   1  2  3  2      index of 1st atom, number of L's, L1
> > > >   2  2  3  2      dtto for 2nd atom, repeat NATOM times
> > > >   3  1  2      index of 1st atom, number of L's, L1
> > > >   0 0           r-index, (l,s)index
> > > > 
> > > > the program stops by giving the error: error in Vorb. It is not
> > > > writing case.vorbup/dn files. In the next set I just use U at the d
> > > > states as well as at the f states for atom 1 and 2. Am I giving any
> > > > wrong input? Help me to solve this problem.
> > > > 
> > > > Waiting for suggestions.
> > > > 
> > > > Best,
> > > > Hena
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
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