Dear Giuseppe,<div><br></div><div>I tried ecutrho as 8 or 12 times of ecutwfc=30 for ultrasoft PP. Also tried norm conserving PP with ecutwfc=70 and ecutrho=280. The c/a ratio is still far off from the expected 1.4142. Very confused.</div>
<div><span><br></span></div><div>Regards, Wei</div><div><div>Wei Lai<br>Michigan State University<br>East Lansing, MI 48824</div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Giuseppe Mattioli <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:giuseppe.mattioli@ism.cnr.it" target="_blank">giuseppe.mattioli@ism.cnr.it</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Dear Wei<br>
<div><br>
<br>
> &system<br>
> ibrav= 7, celldm(1) = 5.6298, celldm(3) = 1.4, nat= 2, ntyp= 2,<br>
> ecutwfc =30, input_dft='pw91'<br>
> /<br>
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</div><div>> ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>
> Mg 24.305 Mg.pw91-np-van.UPF<br>
> O 15.999 O.pw91-van_ak.UPF<br>
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</div>You are using ultrasoft pseudopotentials. You should explicitly assign a value to the ecutrho<br>
parameter (&system list). The default value is 4*ecutwfc, and it is a good value for norm conserving<br>
PPs. A 6*ecutwfc~10*ecutwfc value is considered as a safe~good one in the case of ultrasoft PPs<br>
<br>
HTH<br>
<br>
Giuseppe<br>
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