<div dir="ltr">Dear Prem,<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I was trying in different way to converge scf calculation in case of carbon dimer without "smearing". First I converge the system using "smearing" then again I performed the scf calculation by changing the "restart_mode" from "from_scratch" to "restart". In this condition, the scf calculation for carbon dimer is converging & also turbo_davidson.x is possible. Do you think, this is a right approach ??<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>At equilibrium distance I would guess that this dimer has a finite gap and smearing shouldn't be necessary. At large interatomic distances the gap will go to 0<br></div><div>and you might need a smearing to converge. Are you interested in large interatomic distances?<br>Your procedure is not too clear but as far as I understand you perform a calculation with a smearing and then<br></div><div>you restart it removing the smearing. I'm surprised you don't get an error message.<br></div><div>I think that as long as the ground state calculation converges without smearing you can safely use the turbo-tddft code. <br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><br></div><div>Also I have observed that if I am using hybrid functional, the system is converging normally (keeping the restart_mode = from_scratch & without "smearing"). <br></div></div></blockquote><div><br><br></div><div>As Iurii said it is possible that the hybrid functional increases the value of the gap and the smearing is not anymore necessary. However, if you keep increasing<br></div><div>the interatomic distance you will have the same problem<br></div><div><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br><br></div><div></div><div></div>Can I compute the absorption spectra for a molecule having triplet ground state using turbo_davidson.x or turbo_lanczos.x ??<span><br></span></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I don't think so since triplet states require spin polarized calculations and the structure of the TDDFT Liouvillian is different in the case of triple states.<br><br></div><div>You should first of all compute the PBE and hybrid gap for you system. If your C2 is at equilibrium it should not have a ~0 gap<br></div><div>Best,<br></div><div>Dario Rocca <br></div><div><br><br><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div>Thanks & regards,<br></div><div>Prem Sen<br></div><div>Ph.D. Student,<br></div><div>IIT Bombay,<br></div>Mumbai,India.<br></span></div>
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