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<pre>Dear all,</pre>
<pre>I have several questions when calculating phonons by ph.x:</pre>
<pre>(1) Using the same input files, I got different output files of dynamical matrices when using different computing cores; </pre>
<pre>take q = ( 0.000000000 0.000000000 0.000000000 ) as an example:</pre>
<pre>Using 96 computing cores, the results a<span style="font-size: 10pt;">fter the line "Dynamical Matrix in cartesian axes"</span></pre>
<pre>and the q-value are:</pre>
<pre> **************************************************************************
freq ( 1) = -1.940214 [THz] = -64.718584 [cm-1]
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.237593 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.237593 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.237593 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.237593 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.237593 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.237593 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.209687 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.209687 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.209687 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.209687 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.209687 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.209687 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.363998 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.363998 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.363998 0.000000 )
freq ( 2) = 0.946381 [THz] = 31.567870 [cm-1]
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.101981 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.101981 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.101979 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.101979 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.000001 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.000001 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.384498 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.384498 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.384493 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.384493 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.000005 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.000005 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.428402 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.428397 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000006 0.000000 )
freq ( 3) = 0.946381 [THz] = 31.567870 [cm-1]
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.058877 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.058877 0.000000 )
( 0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 -0.058879 0.000000 )</pre>
<pre>However, when I using 128 computing cores, the corresponding results turn to be:</pre>
<pre>**************************************************************************
freq ( 1) = -1.941478 [THz] = -64.760743 [cm-1]
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.237504 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.237504 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.237504 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.237504 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.237504 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.237504 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.209612 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.209612 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.209612 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.209612 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.209612 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.209612 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.364201 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.364201 0.000000 )
( -0.000000 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 0.364201 0.000000 )
freq ( 2) = -0.797967 [THz] = -26.617308 [cm-1]
( -0.217955 0.000000 -0.132999 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.217955 0.000000 -0.132999 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.212134 0.000000 -0.133209 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.212134 0.000000 -0.133209 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.215227 0.000000 -0.138145 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.215227 0.000000 -0.138145 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.230258 0.000000 -0.129133 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.230258 0.000000 -0.129133 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.205571 0.000000 -0.130026 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.205571 0.000000 -0.130026 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.218687 0.000000 -0.150959 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.218687 0.000000 -0.150959 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.228822 0.000000 -0.140474 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.224086 0.000000 -0.140645 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.226602 0.000000 -0.144661 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 )
freq ( 3) = -0.797967 [THz] = -26.617308 [cm-1]
( -0.136570 0.000000 0.212256 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.136570 0.000000 0.212256 0.000000 -0.000000 0.000000 )
( -0.136360 0.000000 0.218077 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 )</pre>
<pre>So, why do different computing cores lead to different results? Does someone encounter the same problems?</pre>
<pre>By the way, is it reasonable for the negative frequency (such as <span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">freq ( 1) = -1.940214 [THz] = -64.718584 [cm-1]</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">) ?</span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(2) With different computing cores, I always get the p</span>honon spectrum with small imaginary frequency no matter how I <span style="font-size: 10pt;">adjust the parameters suggested by other guys</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. </span></pre>
<pre><span style="font-size: 10pt;">S</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">o can someone give me some useful suggestions to </span>eliminate<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> the </span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;">imaginary frequency</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">?</span></pre>
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<pre>Thanks for <font size="3">your time,</font></pre>
<pre><font size="3">Xiaoming</font></pre>
<pre><span style="white-space: normal;"><font size="3">Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Utah</font></span></pre>
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