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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">defining A=1 should be the same as
      defining celldm(1)=1.889...=1/0.529177<br>
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      stefano<br>
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      On 23/06/2017 08:30, Isaiah Moses wrote:<br>
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                  <div>Hi Paolo,<br>
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                  But how does one set CELL_PARAMETERS (angstrom)?<br>
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                Because I observe that the output I obtain from vc-relax
                is automatically set to <br>
                CELL_PARAMETERS (alat=  8.11400000).<br>
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              Does that has to do with the unit of celldm?<br>
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            I must be missing something on theses units' usage.<br>
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          I appreciate your usual prompt response,<br>
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        Isaiah<br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 7:16 AM, Paolo
          Giannozzi <span dir="ltr"><<a
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            .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">And, by
            the way, it is a bad habit to set the lattice parameter to
            the<br>
            conversion factor between a.u. and A. One should use instead<br>
            CELL_PARAMETERS (angstrom)<br>
            to specify lattice vectors in A<br>
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            Paolo<br>
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                On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 4:55 AM, Stefano de Gironcoli
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                wrote:<br>
                > The lattice parameter does not change, it is not
                updated along vc-relax, the<br>
                > lattice vectors do.<br>
                > Using bfgs you don't need to define dt<br>
                ><br>
                > stefano<br>
                > (sent from my phone)<br>
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                > On 23 Jun 2017, at 01:55, Brendan Smith <<a
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                wrote:<br>
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                > Hello all,<br>
                ><br>
                > I am doing a the following vc-relax calculation and
                the unit cell paramters<br>
                > are not changing. I have looked at other posts
                which descirbes similar<br>
                > problems, but it does not remedy my problem. Below
                is my input.<br>
                > Best,<br>
                > Brendan<br>
                ><br>
                ><br>
                > &CONTROL<br>
                >   calculation = 'vc-relax',<br>
                >   dt = 20.67055,<br>
                >   nstep = 1000,<br>
                >   pseudo_dir = './'<br>
                >   outdir = './',<br>
                >   prefix = 'x',<br>
                >   disk_io = 'low',<br>
                > /<br>
                ><br>
                > &SYSTEM<br>
                >   ibrav = 0,<br>
                >   celldm(1) = 1.89,<br>
                >   nat = 16,<br>
                >   ntyp = 3,<br>
                >   nspin = 1,<br>
                >   nbnd = 120,<br>
                >   ecutwfc = 70,<br>
                >   ecutrho = 560,<br>
                >   tot_charge = 0.0,<br>
                >   occupations = 'smearing',<br>
                >   smearing = 'gaussian',<br>
                >   degauss = 0.005,<br>
                >   nosym = .true.,<br>
                > /<br>
                ><br>
                > &ELECTRONS<br>
                >   electron_maxstep = 1000,<br>
                >   conv_thr = 1.D-5,<br>
                >   mixing_beta = 0.45,<br>
                > /<br>
                ><br>
                > &IONS<br>
                >   ion_dynamics = 'bfgs',<br>
                >   ion_temperature = 'andersen',<br>
                >   tempw = 300.00 ,<br>
                >   nraise = 1,<br>
                > /<br>
                ><br>
                > &CELL<br>
                >   cell_dynamics = 'bfgs',<br>
                >   press_conv_thr = 0.5,<br>
                >   cell_factor = 2.0,<br>
                >   cell_dofree = 'all',<br>
                > /<br>
                ><br>
                > ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>
                >  O  15.9994  O_pbe_v1.2.uspp.F.UPF<br>
                >  V  50.9415  V_pbe_v1.uspp.F.UPF<br>
                >  Pb 207.2    Pb.pbe-dn-rrkjus_psl.0.2.2.UPF<br>
                ><br>
                > K_POINTS automatic<br>
                >  3 3 3 0 0 0<br>
                ><br>
                > CELL_PARAMETERS (alat)<br>
                >        11.5439996719         0.0000000000       
                 0.0000000000<br>
                >         0.0000000000         3.5710000992       
                 0.0000000000<br>
                >         0.0000000000         0.0000000000       
                 4.3829998970<br>
                ><br>
                > ATOMIC_POSITIONS (alat)<br>
                >  V    6.940599    0.892750    0.475994<br>
                >  V    4.603400    2.678250    3.907006<br>
                >  V   10.375401    0.892750    0.475994<br>
                >  V    1.168599    2.678250    3.907006<br>
                >  O    4.974309    0.892750    4.370728<br>
                >  O    6.569691    2.678250    0.012272<br>
                >  O    0.797690    0.892750    4.370728<br>
                >  O   10.746309    2.678250    0.012272<br>
                >  O    6.978348    0.892750    2.058695<br>
                >  O    4.565652    2.678250    2.324305<br>
                >  O   10.337652    0.892750    2.058695<br>
                >  O    1.206349    2.678250    2.324305<br>
                >  O    8.658000    0.892750    0.003506<br>
                >  O    2.886000    2.678250    4.379493<br>
                >  Pb   8.500000    2.500000    1.500000<br>
                >  Pb   3.000000    1.500000    3.000000<br>
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