[Wien] Ghost band error

Gavin Abo gsabo at crimson.ua.edu
Sun Jul 12 18:00:08 CEST 2020


It might only show that in a terminal.  Are you using w2web, are the 
warnings in the Li2NiPO4F_check.outputst file?

1. In w2web, click on "command line" under Execution in the left menu.

2. In the "Execute a command line" box, type: grep WARNING *.outputst

3. Click the Run button

Does it show any "CORE electron leak out of MT-sphere" warnings then?

Try referring to screenshots in temporary file 
at:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CwHww6U2ChMU2QtxqtLga5lMpIJ6sGIB/view?usp=sharing

On 7/12/2020 9:07 AM, shamik chakrabarti wrote:
> Dear Prof. Gavin,
>
>                       I am using  wien 2k 19.1 & surprisingly I am not 
> getting any error regarding core-leakage. (I have kept initial 
> reduction of RMT to 0%) The output is as given below.
> Commandline: x lstart -up
> Program input is: "13 -6.0 "
>
>   SELECT XCPOT:
>   recommended: PBE    [(13) GGA of Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof 96]
>                LDA    [( 5)]
>                WC     [(11)  GGA of Wu-Cohen 2006]
>                PBESOL [(19) GGA of Perdew etal. 2008]
>   SELECT ENERGY to separate core and valence states:
>   recommended: -6.0 Ry (check how much core charge leaks out of MT-sphere)
>   ALTERNATIVELY: specify charge localization (between 0.97 and 1.0) to 
> select core state
> STOP LSTART ENDS
> 1.4u 0.0s 0:01.45 100.0% 0+0k 0+11872io 0pf+0w
>
> & during 1st iteration, it is showing the ghost band error
>
> with regards,
>
> On Sun, 12 Jul 2020 at 19:49, Gavin Abo <gsabo at crimson.ua.edu 
> <mailto:gsabo at crimson.ua.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Probably you need to mention how you handled the core leakage
>     issue during initialization (init_lapw) of WIEN2k 19.2 since if
>     that was not addressed it might lead to the QTL error later during
>     the scf:
>
>     username at computername:~/wiendata/Li2NiPO4F_check$ ls
>     Li2NiPO4F_check.struct
>     username at computername:~/wiendata/Li2NiPO4F_check$ init_lapw -s lstart
>      next is lstart
>      next is lstart
>      CREATE A NEW Li2NiPO4F_check.inst FILE with PROPER ATOMS
>      If necessary specify switches for instgen_lapw (or press ENTER):
>      -up (default)   -dn   -nm (non-magnetic)   -ask
>     -nm
>      15 Atoms found:  with labels Li   Li   Li   Ni   Ni P    P   
>     O    O    O    O    O    O    F    F
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 1 : Li
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 2 : Li
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 3 : Li
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 4 : Ni
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 5 : Ni
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 6 : P
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 7 : P
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 8 : O
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 9 : O
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 10 : O
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 11 : O
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 12 : O
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 13 : O
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 14 : F
>     generate atomic configuration for atom 15 : F
>     >   lstart    (08:05:05)   SELECT XCPOT:
>       recommended: PBE    [(13) GGA of Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof 96]
>                    LDA    [( 5)]
>                    WC     [(11)  GGA of Wu-Cohen 2006]
>                    PBESOL [(19) GGA of Perdew etal. 2008]
>     13
>       SELECT ENERGY to separate core and valence states:
>       recommended: -6.0 Ry (check how much core charge leaks out of
>     MT-sphere)
>       ALTERNATIVELY: specify charge localization (between 0.97 and
>     1.0) to select core state
>     -6.0
>     STOP LSTART ENDS
>     3.9u 0.0s 0:10.78 37.1% 0+0k 0+11808io 0pf+0w
>     WARNING:   0.038 P    CORE electrons leak out of MT-sphere !!!!
>     :WARNING:     0.038  P    CORE electrons leak out of MT-sphere !!!!
>     :WARNING: touch .lcore and run scf-cycle with core density
>     superposition
>     :WARNING: Or: rerun lstart with lower E-core separation energy
>     :WARNING:     ORBITAL:  2P*    -9.194    -9.194
>     :WARNING:     ORBITAL:  2P     -9.126    -9.126
>     WARNING:   0.038 P    CORE electrons leak out of MT-sphere !!!!
>            check Li2NiPO4F_check.outputst how much core charge leaks out
>            if you continue, file .lcore will be created and the scf-cycle
>            will be run with core-density superposition
>            alternatively you can rerun lstart with a smaller ECORE
>     -----> continue with kgen or edit the Li2NiPO4F_check.inst file
>     and rerun lstart (c/e)
>
>     On 7/12/2020 7:38 AM, shamik chakrabarti wrote:
>>     Dear Wien2k users,
>>
>>                                I am trying to run a calculation of 72
>>     atomic unit cell & it shows Ghost band error at the first iteration.
>>
>>     In SCF2 file the following line indicates the error;
>>
>>     :WARN : QTL-B value eq.9283.65 in Band of energy  -3.30070  ATOM=
>>        7  L=  0
>>
>>     :WARN : You should change the E-parameter for this atom and
>>     L-value in case.in1 (or try the -in1new switch)
>>
>>
>>     I am attaching the struct file herewith this mail.
>>
>>     Looking forward to hearing from you.
>>
>>     with regards,
>>     -- 
>>     Dr. Shamik Chakrabarti
>>     Research Fellow
>>     Department of Physics
>>     Indian Institute of Technology Patna
>>     Bihta-801103
>>     Patna
>>     Bihar, India
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> -- 
> Dr. Shamik Chakrabarti
> Research Fellow
> Department of Physics
> Indian Institute of Technology Patna
> Bihta-801103
> Patna
> Bihar, India
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