[Wien] Query about getting converged solution using PRATT

Peter Blaha pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at
Tue Jan 25 11:10:40 CET 2022


Then you have to reduce spheres.  Use   reduce_rmt

Am 25.01.2022 um 10:49 schrieb shamik chakrabarti:
> Dear Prof. Blaha,
>
>                      I have encountered the mentioned problem while 
> running the volume optimization of FePO4 using GGA+U approach. I have 
> edited the optimize.job by entering "runsp_lapw -orb -fc 1.0 -ec 
> 0.0001 -min" and have encountered it during volume optimization.
>
> Any response in this regard is awaited.
>
> with regards,
>
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 at 15:07, Peter Blaha 
> <pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
>
>     I hope you know that forces with hybrid-DFT are not supported.
>
>     So if you use MSR1a (optimizing Positions) and -hf  I can well
>     imagine that you get overlapping spheres.
>
>     Go back to your original struct file. You can optimize Positions
>     ONLY in PBE (or DFT+U or EECE).
>
>     You MUST NOT use   -hf -min  switches at the same time.
>
>
>
>     Am 25.01.2022 um 09:48 schrieb shamik chakrabarti:
>>     Dear Prof. Marks,
>>
>>                          I think there is a huge misunderstanding. I
>>     am patient enough to see the simulation converging. However,
>>     using MSR1a I am getting "error in mixer, check RMT & model". Is
>>     it due to that the RMT's are too close during the optimization of
>>     both density & atomic coordinates?.. Should I eradicate the error
>>     by reducing the RMT more, say by 8%?
>>
>>     Looking forward to hear you soon.
>>
>>     with regards,
>>
>>     On Tue, 25 Jan 2022 at 13:19, Laurence Marks
>>     <laurence.marks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>         1. Most of your questions have already been answered.
>>
>>         2. I doubt that any of your calculations are converged. You
>>         are being very impatient. Run more iterations.
>>
>>         3. Some of your questions such as comparing hybrid fractions
>>         of 0.05 & 0.25 are equivalent to comparing skiing and eating
>>         samosa.
>>
>>         4. Stop fiddling in the hope that your calculations will
>>         match expt. What is the point?
>>
>>         Do not use Pratt
>>         DO NOT use Pratt
>>         DO NOT USE PRATT
>>
>>         --
>>         Professor Laurence Marks
>>         Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern
>>         University
>>         www.numis.northwestern.edu <http://www.numis.northwestern.edu>
>>         "Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to
>>         think what nobody else has thought" Albert Szent-Györgyi
>>
>>         On Tue, Jan 25, 2022, 12:12 AM shamik chakrabarti
>>         <shamik15041981 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>             Dear Wien2k users,
>>                                              In some calculations, I
>>             have noticed that while MSR1 is failing to achieve
>>             convergence we are getting fine convergence by using
>>             PRATT. However, I am reaching the final convergence by
>>             using MSR1. Is this process correct?
>>
>>             I have another query, to change the scheme from MSR1 to
>>             PRATT or PRATT to MSR1 should I need to stop the
>>             calculation & edit case.inm or we can change it during
>>             the running of SCF cycle.
>>
>>             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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>>     Research Fellow
>>     Department of Physics
>>     Indian Institute of Technology Patna
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>>     Patna
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