[Pw_forum] calculation of lifetime due to anharmonic phonon-phonon interaction with QE software

JAONA RANDRIANALISOA jaona.randrianalisoa at univ-reims.fr
Thu Jun 19 12:44:49 CEST 2014


Dear Sridhar,

Thank you for this clarification.
So do you mean that d3.x permits to calculate the third-order anharmonic 
force constants for any arbitrary wavevector (which is not that i found 
from the tutorial)?

Best regards,
Jaona Randrianalisoa
University of Reims
















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>    1. Re: process killed (toufik esssakhri)
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>       interaction with QE software (Sridhar Sadasivam)
>    3. Re: process killed (Giuseppe Mattioli)
>    4. problem with q2r.x (Halima Zaari)
>    5. Re: process killed (toufik esssakhri)
>    6. hi (Rohollah Zare)
>    7. Re: Transmission from PWCOND (Sclauzero  Gabriele)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:06:52 +0100
> From: toufik esssakhri <tousak at hotmail.fr>
> Subject: Re: [Pw_forum] process killed
> To: forum espresso <pw_forum at pwscf.org>
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> thank you very much!
> 
>> I'm afraid I cannot help you more than this, at least without seeing 
>> your input file.
> 
> this is part of my input file:
> ======================================================
>   &control
>     calculation='scf',
>     prefix='tst-pbe0-fm5fo',
>     pseudo_dir='/workdir/share/pseudo_sakhraoui',
>     outdir='/home/ipcms/sakhraoui/scratch',
>     restart_mode='restart',
>     verbosity='high',     wf_collect = .True.,
>     disk_io=.true., max_seconds=40000,
>  /
>  &system
>   ibrav=6,  A=4.18,  C=24.72,
>   nat =38,   ntyp=4,
>   ecutwfc =80,
>   occupations='smearing',    smearing='mv',    degauss=0.01,
>   nspin = 2,   starting_magnetization(1)=0.5, 
> starting_magnetization(2)=0.5,
>   starting_magnetization(3)=0.3,
>    input_dft='pbe0',   nqx1=2,   nqx2=2,    nqx3=2,
>    exxdiv_treatment='gygi-baldereschi',
> /
>  &electrons
>      mixing_mode = 'local-TF' ,
>      mixing_beta = 0.4,     diagonalization = 'david' ,
>      conv_thr = 1.0d-6,     electron_maxstep=10000,
> /
> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>     Fe1 55.85    Fe.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
>     Fe2 55.85    Fe.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
>     Rh 102.91    Rh.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
>     Mg 24.305    Mg.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
>     O  10.999    O.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
> ATOMIC_POSITIONS {angstrom}
> ..................
> K_POINTS {automatic}
>    8 8 2 1 1 1
> 
> 
> ======================================================
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> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:42:23 +0530
> From: Sridhar Sadasivam <sridhu88 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Pw_forum] calculation of lifetime due to anharmonic
> 	phonon?phonon interaction with QE software
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> QE does not directly calculate phonon lifetimes but it is possible to
> calculate the third-order anharmonic force constants from which you can
> derive lifetime. d3.x is the program that is used to calculate 
> third-order
> force constants.
> Sridhar
> Purdue University
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:44 PM, JAONA RANDRIANALISOA <
> jaona.randrianalisoa at univ-reims.fr> wrote:
> 
>> Dear All,
>> 
>> I am new user of Quantum Espresso software and my research focus
>> concerns mainly thermal properties of materials (more particularly
>> silicon nanostructures).
>> 
>> I would like to know if it is possible to calculate "the lifetime due 
>> to
>> anharmonic phonon?phonon interaction" with
>> arbitrary wavevectors with QE package v5.1.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Jaona Randriaalisoa, Assistant Professor
>> Universit? de Reims Champagne-Ardenne
>> 
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> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:35:13 +0200
> From: Giuseppe Mattioli <giuseppe.mattioli at ism.cnr.it>
> Subject: Re: [Pw_forum] process killed
> To: PWSCF Forum <pw_forum at pwscf.org>
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> 
> A general suggestion: try to simplify the calculation to the bone and
> check if it works. Then add features until you feel you have reached
> convergence, or until the calculation crashes down...
> 
> Some specific suggestions:
> 
>>     verbosity='high'
> not necessary
> 
>> wf_collect = .True.,
> not strictly necessary, and sometimes source of i/o or post processing 
> error.
> 
>> disk_io=.true.
> 
>    
> +--------------------------------------------------------------------
>    Variable:       disk_io
> 
>    Type:           CHARACTER
>    Default:        'low'
>    Description:    Specifies the amount of disk I/O activity
>                    'high':   save all data to disk at each SCF step
> 
>                    'medium': save wavefunctions at each SCF step unless
>                              there is a single k-point per process (in 
> which
>                              case the behavior is the same as 'low')
> 
>                    'low' :   store wfc in memory, save only at the end
> 
>                    'none':   do not save anything, not even at the end
>                              ('scf', 'nscf', 'bands' calculations; some 
> data
>                               may be written anyway for other 
> calculations)
> 
>                    Note that the amount of needed RAM increases as the 
> amount
>                    of I/O decreases! IMPORTANT: default has been
> changed to 'low'.
>                    It is no longer needed to specify 'high' in order to 
> be able
>                    to restart from an interrupted calculation (see
> "restart_mode")
>                    but you cannot restart from disk_io='none'
>    
> +--------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
>>   ecutwfc =80,
> I suppose that you have checked the convergence of your PPs wrt
> ecutwfc in smaller systems, but 80 Ry may be a bit low...
> 
>> nqx1=2,   nqx2=2,    nqx3=2,
>> K_POINTS {automatic}
>>    8 8 2 1 1 1
> 
> A very demanding sampling! Start with something lower, e.g.
> 
> nqx1=1,   nqx2=1,    nqx3=1,
> K_POINTS {automatic}
> 4 4 1 1 1 1
> 
> or also
> 
> nqx1=1,   nqx2=1,    nqx3=1,
> K_POINTS {automatic}
> 2 2 1 1 1 1
> 
> And check if it works. Then try to use the same setup for your
> separate oxide and iron calculations (you reported that such
> calculations were fine in a
> previous message), and check whether the results obtained by using the
> "high" setup are so better than those obtained by using the "low"
> setup.
> Finally, if you still need a better sampling, then start using a
> denser k-point grid rather then a denser q-point grid, e.g.,
> 
> nqx1=1,   nqx2=1,    nqx3=1,
> K_POINTS {automatic}
> 8 8 2 1 1 1
> 
> Finally, don't forget to use this:
> 
>    
> +--------------------------------------------------------------------
>    Variable:       adaptive_thr
> 
>    Type:           LOGICAL
>    Default:        .FALSE
>    Description:    If .TRUE. this turns on the use of an adaptive 
> conv_thr for
>                    the inner scf loops when using EXX.
>    
> +--------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> It gives a consistent speedup...
> 
> HTH
> Giuseppe
> 
> On Wednesday 18 June 2014 12:06:52 toufik esssakhri wrote:
>> thank you very much!
>> 
>> > I'm afraid I cannot help you more than this, at least without seeing your
>> > input file.
>> 
>> this is part of my input file:
>> ======================================================
>>   &control
>>     calculation='scf',
>>     prefix='tst-pbe0-fm5fo',
>>     pseudo_dir='/workdir/share/pseudo_sakhraoui',
>>     outdir='/home/ipcms/sakhraoui/scratch',
>>     restart_mode='restart',
>>     verbosity='high',     wf_collect = .True.,
>>     disk_io=.true., max_seconds=40000,
>>  /
>>  &system
>>   ibrav=6,  A=4.18,  C=24.72,
>>   nat =38,   ntyp=4,
>>   ecutwfc =80,
>>   occupations='smearing',    smearing='mv',    degauss=0.01,
>>   nspin = 2,   starting_magnetization(1)=0.5,
>> starting_magnetization(2)=0.5, starting_magnetization(3)=0.3,
>>    input_dft='pbe0',   nqx1=2,   nqx2=2,    nqx3=2,
>>    exxdiv_treatment='gygi-baldereschi',
>> /
>>  &electrons
>>      mixing_mode = 'local-TF' ,
>>      mixing_beta = 0.4,     diagonalization = 'david' ,
>>      conv_thr = 1.0d-6,     electron_maxstep=10000,
>> /
>> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>>     Fe1 55.85    Fe.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
>>     Fe2 55.85    Fe.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
>>     Rh 102.91    Rh.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
>>     Mg 24.305    Mg.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
>>     O  10.999    O.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
>> ATOMIC_POSITIONS {angstrom}
>> ..................
>> K_POINTS {automatic}
>>    8 8 2 1 1 1
>> 
>> 
>> ======================================================
> 
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:37:27 +0000
> From: Halima Zaari <halimazaari at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Pw_forum] problem with q2r.x
> To: PWSCF Forum <pw_forum at pwscf.org>
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> Dear quantum espresso code users
> i tried to compute the elctron-phon coupling using the pw.x , ph.x and
> q2r.x i get this errors:
> 
>  q-space grid ok, #points =   32
> 
>       fft-check success (sum of imaginary terms < 10^-12)
> 
>    Preparing gamma for a2F
> 
> 
>  
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>      from init : error #         1
>       nc already filled: wrong q grid or wrong nr
>  
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
> 
>      stopping ...
> 
> could you help me pleaze
> cordially
> --
> H.ZAARI
> PhD Student in laboratory of magnetism and physics of high energy
> Faculty of Sciences in Rabat - Morocco
> Email:
> * halimazaari at gmail.com <boujnah.mourad at gmail.com>*
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> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:07:05 +0100
> From: toufik esssakhri <tousak at hotmail.fr>
> Subject: Re: [Pw_forum] process killed
> To: forum espresso <pw_forum at pwscf.org>
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> thank you very much
> I am very happy for this discussion
> I will consider your suggestions and try
> 
> cheers
> taoufik
> 
> 
>> From: giuseppe.mattioli at ism.cnr.it
>> To: pw_forum at pwscf.org
>> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:35:13 +0200
>> Subject: Re: [Pw_forum] process killed
>> 
>> 
>> A general suggestion: try to simplify the calculation to the bone and 
>> check if it works. Then add features until you feel you have reached
>> convergence, or until the calculation crashes down...
>> 
>> Some specific suggestions:
>> 
>> >     verbosity='high'
>> not necessary
>> 
>> > wf_collect = .True.,
>> not strictly necessary, and sometimes source of i/o or post processing 
>> error.
>> 
>> > disk_io=.true.
>> 
>>    
>> +--------------------------------------------------------------------
>>    Variable:       disk_io
>> 
>>    Type:           CHARACTER
>>    Default:        'low'
>>    Description:    Specifies the amount of disk I/O activity
>>                    'high':   save all data to disk at each SCF step
>> 
>>                    'medium': save wavefunctions at each SCF step 
>> unless
>>                              there is a single k-point per process (in 
>> which
>>                              case the behavior is the same as 'low')
>> 
>>                    'low' :   store wfc in memory, save only at the end
>> 
>>                    'none':   do not save anything, not even at the end
>>                              ('scf', 'nscf', 'bands' calculations; 
>> some data
>>                               may be written anyway for other 
>> calculations)
>> 
>>                    Note that the amount of needed RAM increases as the 
>> amount
>>                    of I/O decreases! IMPORTANT: default has been 
>> changed to 'low'.
>>                    It is no longer needed to specify 'high' in order 
>> to be able
>>                    to restart from an interrupted calculation (see 
>> "restart_mode")
>>                    but you cannot restart from disk_io='none'
>>    
>> +--------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> >   ecutwfc =80,
>> I suppose that you have checked the convergence of your PPs wrt 
>> ecutwfc in smaller systems, but 80 Ry may be a bit low...
>> 
>> > nqx1=2,   nqx2=2,    nqx3=2,
>> > K_POINTS {automatic}
>> >    8 8 2 1 1 1
>> 
>> A very demanding sampling! Start with something lower, e.g.
>> 
>> nqx1=1,   nqx2=1,    nqx3=1,
>> K_POINTS {automatic}
>> 4 4 1 1 1 1
>> 
>> or also
>> 
>> nqx1=1,   nqx2=1,    nqx3=1,
>> K_POINTS {automatic}
>> 2 2 1 1 1 1
>> 
>> And check if it works. Then try to use the same setup for your 
>> separate oxide and iron calculations (you reported that such 
>> calculations were fine in a
>> previous message), and check whether the results obtained by using the 
>> "high" setup are so better than those obtained by using the "low" 
>> setup.
>> Finally, if you still need a better sampling, then start using a 
>> denser k-point grid rather then a denser q-point grid, e.g.,
>> 
>> nqx1=1,   nqx2=1,    nqx3=1,
>> K_POINTS {automatic}
>> 8 8 2 1 1 1
>> 
>> Finally, don't forget to use this:
>> 
>>    
>> +--------------------------------------------------------------------
>>    Variable:       adaptive_thr
>> 
>>    Type:           LOGICAL
>>    Default:        .FALSE
>>    Description:    If .TRUE. this turns on the use of an adaptive 
>> conv_thr for
>>                    the inner scf loops when using EXX.
>>    
>> +--------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> It gives a consistent speedup...
>> 
>> HTH
>> Giuseppe
>> 
>> On Wednesday 18 June 2014 12:06:52 toufik esssakhri wrote:
>> > thank you very much!
>> >
>> > > I'm afraid I cannot help you more than this, at least without seeing your
>> > > input file.
>> >
>> > this is part of my input file:
>> > ======================================================
>> >   &control
>> >     calculation='scf',
>> >     prefix='tst-pbe0-fm5fo',
>> >     pseudo_dir='/workdir/share/pseudo_sakhraoui',
>> >     outdir='/home/ipcms/sakhraoui/scratch',
>> >     restart_mode='restart',
>> >     verbosity='high',     wf_collect = .True.,
>> >     disk_io=.true., max_seconds=40000,
>> >  /
>> >  &system
>> >   ibrav=6,  A=4.18,  C=24.72,
>> >   nat =38,   ntyp=4,
>> >   ecutwfc =80,
>> >   occupations='smearing',    smearing='mv',    degauss=0.01,
>> >   nspin = 2,   starting_magnetization(1)=0.5,
>> > starting_magnetization(2)=0.5, starting_magnetization(3)=0.3,
>> >    input_dft='pbe0',   nqx1=2,   nqx2=2,    nqx3=2,
>> >    exxdiv_treatment='gygi-baldereschi',
>> > /
>> >  &electrons
>> >      mixing_mode = 'local-TF' ,
>> >      mixing_beta = 0.4,     diagonalization = 'david' ,
>> >      conv_thr = 1.0d-6,     electron_maxstep=10000,
>> > /
>> > ATOMIC_SPECIES
>> >     Fe1 55.85    Fe.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
>> >     Fe2 55.85    Fe.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
>> >     Rh 102.91    Rh.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
>> >     Mg 24.305    Mg.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
>> >     O  10.999    O.pbe-mt_fhi.UPF
>> > ATOMIC_POSITIONS {angstrom}
>> > ..................
>> > K_POINTS {automatic}
>> >    8 8 2 1 1 1
>> >
>> >
>> > ======================================================
>> 
>> 
>> ********************************************************
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>> est la conservation des droits naturels et
>> imprescriptibles de l'homme. Ces droits sont la libert?,
>> la propri?t?, la s?ret? et la r?sistance ? l'oppression.
>> ********************************************************
>> 
>>    Giuseppe Mattioli
>>    CNR - ISTITUTO DI STRUTTURA DELLA MATERIA
>>    v. Salaria Km 29,300 - C.P. 10
>>    I 00015 - Monterotondo Stazione (RM)
>>    Tel + 39 06 90672836 - Fax +39 06 90672316
>>    E-mail: <giuseppe.mattioli at ism.cnr.it>
>>    http://www.ism.cnr.it/english/staff/mattiolig
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> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:55:08 +0430
> From: Rohollah Zare <zare.rohollah at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Pw_forum] hi
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> Dear all,
> 
> I am trying to calculate phonon frequencies, q2r.x , matdyn.x for a
> ternary compound with pnma space group.
> 
> but ????.fc file  is Wrong, and  error in matdyn.out is:
> 
>  Z* not found in file CuSbS2-dyn.fc, TO-LO splitting at q=0 will be 
> absent!
> 
> please help me
> thanks
> 
> 
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:04:11 +0000
> From: "Sclauzero  Gabriele" <gabriele.sclauzero at mat.ethz.ch>
> Subject: Re: [Pw_forum] Transmission from PWCOND
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> 
> Dear Vladislav,
> 
>    I think there was an erroneous extra factor 2 in some PWcond
> versions between 5.0 and 5.0.2. I would stick to the latest stable
> version 5.1, recently released.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 
> GS
> 
> 
> 
>> I calculate the spin-polarized transmission for a tunnel junction
>> using the PWCOND code. The calculation is performed for each k-point
>> in the irreducible part of the Brillouin Zone separately.
>> At the end of each output file one sees the contributions to the
>> transmission from different propagating states (an example is shown
>> below for the 5.0.1 version of the code).
>> 
>> ************************************************************
>> The input for PWCOND:
>> 
>>  &inputcond
>>    outdir       = '/scratch/vborisov/tmp/test/',
>>    prefixl      = 'lead',
>>    prefixs      = 'scat',
>>    tran_file    = 'T-k1.Ef'
>>    ikind        = 1,
>>    iofspin      = 1,
>>    energy0      = 0.00d0,
>>    denergy      = -0.01d0,
>>    ewind        = 2.d0,
>>    epsproj      = 1.d-7,
>>    delgep       = 1.d-7,
>>    cutplot      = 3.d0,
>>    nz1          = 22,
>>    bds          = 9.667070904
>>  /
>>    1
>>    0.00347222  0.00694445   1
>>    1
>> 
>> 
>> A part of the output:
>> 
>> ---  E-Ef =    0.0000000  k =    0.0034722   0.0069444
>> ---  ie =          1  ik =          1
>>  Nchannels of the left tip =            1
>>  Right moving states:
>>    k1(2pi/a)   k2(2pi/a)   E-Ef (eV)
>>   -0.3924556   0.0000000   0.0000000
>>  Left moving states:
>>    k1(2pi/a)   k2(2pi/a)   E-Ef (eV)
>>    0.3924556   0.0000000   0.0000000
>> 
>>  to transmit
>>  Band j to band i transmissions and reflections:
>>     j         i     |T_ij|^2    |R_ij|^2
>> 
>>     1 -->     1     0.00014     0.99986
>>    Total T_j, R_j =    0.00014  0.99986
>> 
>>           E-Ef(ev), T =    0.0000000   0.0001402
>>  Eigenchannel decomposition:
>> #    1  0.00000  0.00014
>>                       1.00000
>>    T_tot     0.00000      0.28041E-03
>> 
>> ************************************************************
>> 
>> From this output, one would conclude that the transmission for
>> this k-point equals 0.1402E-03. However, after this result comes
>> also the eigenchannel decomposition and the T_tot value, which
>> is twice as large and equals 0.28041E-03. The same behavior is
>> observed for every other k-point. However, this discrepancy
>> does not appear for the CVS version of the code.
>> 
>> Where does this factor of 2 come from in the older version?
>> Do the values of T_tot in these two versions always differ
>> by the same factor of 2?
>> 
>> I would very much appreciate any assistance with this problem.
>> 
>> 
>> With kind regards,
>> Vladislav Borisov
>> 
>> Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
>> Weinberg 2, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
>> Tel No: +49 345 5525448
>> Fax No: +49 345 5525446
>> Email: vborisov at mpi-halle.mpg.de
>> 
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> 
> Dr. Gabriele Sclauzero
> Materials Theory - ETHZ
> ETH Zurich, HIT G 43.2
> Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 27
> 8093 Z?rich, Switzerland
> 
> Phone +41 44 633 94 10
> Fax +41 44 633 14 59
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> www.theory.mat.ethz.ch
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> 
> 
> 
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> Message: 8
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 21:25:27 +0200
> From: Stefano Baroni <baroni at sissa.it>
> Subject: Re: [Pw_forum] Composition can be replaced by a background
> 	charge?
> To: PWSCF Forum <pw_forum at pwscf.org>
> Message-ID: <F44CC65A-6A48-498C-827E-8FF742CCE036 at sissa.it>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> 
> Dear Shuai. Google is your friend. Try to google  ` uniform background
> charged "quantum espresso? ?
> The first hit is the description of pw.x input variables:
> http://www.quantum-espresso.org/wp-content/uploads/Doc/INPUT_PW.html
> Look for ?background? in that page and you should find the solution to
> your problem
> Hope this helps - SB
> 
> On 16 Jun 2014, at 10:05, shuai <zhao-shuai at edu.life.kyutech.ac.jp> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Dear QE users,
>> 
>> I had read a paper about the calculation of NH2CH=NH2PbI3
>> (dx.doi.org/10.1021/cm404006p | Chem. Mater. 2014, 26, 1485?1491). In
>> this paper, the researcher calculated the electronic structure using
>> SIESTA, and the HC(NH2)2 was ignored and a uniform background charge
>> density was added to neutralize the charge.
>> Thus, my question is whether the ESPRESSO can calculate by replacing 
>> the
>> part of compound (e.g., CH3NH3 or CH(NH2)2) using a uniform background
>> charge? Where can I find the tutorials about this?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Shuai
>> 
>> --
>> PhD student
>> Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering
>> Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
>> 
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> Message: 9
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:29:45 +0000
> From: "Goytia, Michael" <goy11002 at byui.edu>
> Subject: [Pw_forum] QE PSU tutorial: Problem with running band.in file
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> Hello, I am trying to go through the tutorials from the PSU workshop
> and I am stuck on running the band.in file withm band.x. Every time I
> run the command I get the error in the terminal
> 
> 
> "MPI_ABORT invoked on rank 0 in communicator MPI_COMM_WORLD with 
> errorcode 0"
> 
> 
> and this error in the output file
> 
> 
> "from read_rho_xml : error #         1
>      cannot open ./temp/Si_exc2.save/charge-density.dat file for 
> reading"
> 
> 
> I read earlier posts in which I confirmed the file is in the temp
> directory. My assumption what is wrong has to do with the
> charge-density.dat. I know the charge-density.dat is created in an
> earlier step running an pw.x. I'm just not sure what to do fix the
> problem. Please help
> 
> 
> Michael Goytia
> SUI-Carbondale NSF REU participant
> BYU-Idaho
> Undergraduate Researcher
> goy11002 at byui.edu
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> Message: 10
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 23:03:18 +0200
> From: Lorenzo Paulatto <lorenzo.paulatto at impmc.upmc.fr>
> Subject: Re: [Pw_forum] hi
> To: PWSCF Forum <pw_forum at pwscf.org>
> Message-ID:
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> Dear Rohollah,
> it is not an error
> 
> best regards
> 
> 
> On 18 June 2014 17:25, Rohollah Zare <zare.rohollah at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I am trying to calculate phonon frequencies, q2r.x , matdyn.x for a
>> ternary compound with pnma space group.
>> 
>> but ????.fc file  is Wrong, and  error in matdyn.out is:
>> 
>>  Z* not found in file CuSbS2-dyn.fc, TO-LO splitting at q=0 will be 
>> absent!
>> 
>> please help me
>> thanks
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> 
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