<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Dear Espresso community<br><br></div>I come to you because I find a problem that I cannot solve. I am running phonon calculations in different Si-H clusters. Some of them (the smallest ones) work well, but for the rest I always find negative frequencies beyond the 6th frequency (at q=0, I deal with isolated systems). <br><br></div>I obtain very nice relaxations (e.g. << Total force = 0.000093 >>) but ph.x gives some negative frequencies beyond the 6th one:<br><br> freq ( 6) = -2.042467 [THz] = -68.129354 [cm-1]<br> freq ( 7) = -2.040393 [THz] = -68.060182 [cm-1]<br> freq ( 8) = -2.040381 [THz] = -68.059778 [cm-1]<br> freq ( 9) = 0.396144 [THz] = 13.213941 [cm-1]<br><br></div>When I run dynmat.x, the results get worse instead of improving:<br><br> 10 -134.72 -4.0388 0.0499<br> 11 -134.72 -4.0388 0.0499<br> 12 -77.44 -2.3217 0.0000<br> 13 -77.44 -2.3217 0.0000<br> 14 -76.18 -2.2838 0.0000<br> 15 -76.18 -2.2838 0.0000<br> 16 -76.18 -2.2838 0.0000<br> 17 -71.69 -2.1492 0.0201<br> 18 -71.69 -2.1492 0.0201<br> 19 -71.69 -2.1492 0.0201<br> 20 -58.72 -1.7604 0.0000<br> 21 -52.87 -1.5849 0.0000<br> 22 -45.50 -1.3642 0.0000<br> 23 -45.50 -1.3642 0.0000<br> 24 -45.50 -1.3642 0.0000<br> 25 -38.77 -1.1622 0.0000<br> 26 -38.77 -1.1622 0.0000<br> 27 2.10 0.0628 0.0103<br> 28 2.10 0.0628 0.0103<br> 29 2.10 0.0628 0.0103<br> 30 31.92 0.9568 0.0000<br><br><div><div><br>I have tried many recommendations that I found at the forum (increase the box size, reduce the conv_thr, try other pseudopotentials...) but everything failed. Could you give me a clue on how this problem could be solved? I am attaching a document with the input files and part of the output informations.<br><br></div><div>Thank you very much. Best regards.<br clear="all"></div><div><div><div><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">--<br><br>Dr. Pablo García Risueño<br><br>Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Grindelallee 117, 20146 Hamburg<br><br>Tel. +49 040 42 83 84 82 7</div></div></div></div></div></div>
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