On 12 December 2012 05:42, 高淼 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:miaogao@ruc.edu.cn" target="_blank">miaogao@ruc.edu.cn</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<p>(3) For the second group, after applid asr, there are lots of imaginary frequencies, with the</p><p>maximum about -167 cm^-1 at q=(0.186667 0.323316 0.199453). The result contradict that of<br>the third group. But the first group k-grid show similar behavior with the third group,<br>
why does the second group k-grid show different results?</p>
<p></p></blockquote></div><div>Dear Miao Gao,</div><div>the equilibrium lattice parameter and atomic positions depend on the choice of functional: you should perform an independent accurate variable-cell relax for each set of pseudopotentials. By accurate I mean something like</div>
<div><div> forc_conv_thr=1.d-5 </div><div> etot_conv_thr=1.d-6</div></div><div>which in turn will require conv_thr of order 1.d-12 or tighter.</div><div><br></div><div>High-symmetry materials (i.e. when the atomic sites are Wyckoff positions with no free parameter) tend to always give "good" phonon dispersions, even if they are not properly relaxed; when the symmetry is lower even a small displacement from the equilibrium will give some negative frequency.</div>
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