<div dir="ltr">Dear Prof. Gavin,<div><br></div><div>                The problem is solved by changing Rmt of P to 1.45.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you so much!</div><div><br></div><div>with regards,</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 18 Sept 2021 at 20:27, Gavin Abo <<a href="mailto:gabo13279@gmail.com">gabo13279@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>You might want to check what value you used for -ecut as I
      noticed a WARNING from <font color="#ff8000">lstart</font> of
      WIEN2k 21.1 if the default value of -6.0 is used:</p>
    <p><font color="#808080">username@computername:~/Desktop/test/LFP_opt$
        ls<br>
        LFP_opt.struct</font><br>
      <font color="#808080">username@computername:~/Desktop/test/LFP_opt$
        init_lapw -b -ecut -6.0<br>
        ...<br>
         next is <font color="#0000ff">lstart</font> <br>
          SELECT XCPOT:<br>
          recommended: PBE    [(13) GGA of Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhof 96]<br>
                       LDA    [( 5)]<br>
                       WC     [(11)  GGA of Wu-Cohen 2006]<br>
                       PBESOL [(19) GGA of Perdew etal. 2008]<br>
          SELECT ENERGY to separate core and valence states:<br>
          recommended: -6.0 Ry (check how much core charge leaks out of
        MT-sphere)<br>
          ALTERNATIVELY: specify charge localization (between 0.97 and
        1.0) to select core state<br>
        STOP LSTART ENDS<br>
        WARNING:   0.057 P    CORE electrons leak out of MT-sphere !!!!<br>
        <font color="#ff0000">:WARNING:     0.057  P    CORE electrons
          leak out of MT-sphere !!!!</font><br>
        :WARNING: touch .lcore and run scf-cycle with core density
        superposition<br>
        :WARNING: Or: rerun lstart with lower E-core separation energy <br>
        :WARNING:     ORBITAL:  2P*    -9.172    -9.141<br>
        :WARNING:     ORBITAL:  2P     -9.104    -9.074<br>
         file .lcore created, scf-cycle with core-density superposition
        !<br>
        ...<br>
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    <p>I see that your struct has P and O atoms.  The ghostbands error
      your encountering might be a common problem with struct files
      having those atoms.  You might want to search past posts to see if
      they can help with that such as at the two links:</p>
<a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/msg20276.html" target="_blank">https://www.mail-archive.com/wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/msg20276.html</a><br>
<a href="https://www.mail-archive.com/wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/msg18031.html" target="_blank">https://www.mail-archive.com/wien@zeus.theochem.tuwien.ac.at/msg18031.html</a><br>
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    <div>On 9/18/2021 4:37 AM, shamik
      chakrabarti wrote:<br>
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        <div>Dear Wien2k users,</div>
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        <div>                 I want to run a volume optimization for
          LiFePO4. However, at the first iteration it shows a Ghost Band
          error. I have attached the struct file (both initial & -2%
          decreased volume struct) herewith this mail.</div>
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        <div>Thanks in advance.</div>
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        <div>with regards,<br>
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                      <div style="font-size:small">Dr. Shamik
                        Chakrabarti</div>
                      <div style="font-size:small">Research Fellow </div>
                      <div style="font-size:small">Department of Physics</div>
                      <div style="font-size:small">Indian Institute of
                        Technology Patna</div>
                      <div style="font-size:small">Bihta-801103</div>
                      <div style="font-size:small">Patna</div>
                      <div style="font-size:small">Bihar, India</div>
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