I am trying to calculate an H-center in CaF2, and I am having trouble with the geometry optimization. <br>I have tried adjusting various parameters such as ion dynamics, trust radius, convergence tresholds, but it seems that convergence cannot be improved. <br>
<br>Using bfgs I always get the following error: <br><br>%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%<br> from bfgs : error # 1<br> bfgs history already reset at previous step<br> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%<br><br>Alternatively the electonic convergence gets extremely slow. <br>
<br>In addition, no matter what parameters I adjust the total forces in the system never converge, e.g.<br> Total force = 0.026394 Total SCF correction = 0.000314<br> Total force = 0.018379 Total SCF correction = 0.000282<br>
Total force = 0.018824 Total SCF correction = 0.000120<br> Total force = 0.018857 Total SCF correction = 0.000155<br> Total force = 0.020215 Total SCF correction = 0.000193<br>
Total force = 0.058765 Total SCF correction = 0.000241<br> Total force = 0.016998 Total SCF correction = 0.000205<br> Total force = 0.042967 Total SCF correction = 0.000238<br>
Total force = 0.106226 Total SCF correction = 0.000073<br> Total force = 0.137142 Total SCF correction = 0.000071<br> Total force = 0.109549 Total SCF correction = 0.000108<br>
Total force = 0.068723 Total SCF correction = 0.000103<br> Total force = 0.076599 Total SCF correction = 0.000168<br> Total force = 0.033233 Total SCF correction = 0.000342<br>
Total force = 0.026883 Total SCF correction = 0.000248<br> Total force = 0.025846 Total SCF correction = 0.000378<br> Total force = 0.025596 Total SCF correction = 0.000225<br>
Total force = 0.025482 Total SCF correction = 0.000275<br> Total force = 0.025508 Total SCF correction = 0.000128<br><br>I am thankful for any suggestions. <br><br>Stephan Rix <br>Institute for Inorganic und Analytical Chemistry <br>
Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany <br>