<div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>I am curious if this is a common problem: when calculating the phonons of an insulator and a metal I face no problems in slab geometry. But when both are put together there will always be a q-point where convergence cannot be reached, for example:</div><div><br></div><div><div><i> Computing dynamical matrix for </i></div><div><i> q = ( 0.0000000 0.1666667 0.0000000 )</i></div><div><i> 2 Sym.Ops. (no q -> -q+G )</i></div><div><i> G cutoff = 609.4453 ( 20928 G-vectors) FFT grid: ( 50, 50,400)<br></i></div><div><i> number of k points= 144 gaussian smearing, width (Ry)= 0.0100<br></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><div><i> iter # 15 total cpu time : 24287.3 secs <a href="http://av.it">av.it</a>.: 13.0</i></div><div><i> thresh= 4.091E-07 alpha_mix = 0.700 |ddv_scf|^2 = 8.763E-11</i></div></div><div><i>...</i></div><div><i> iter # 59 total cpu time : 27386.7 secs <a href="http://av.it">av.it</a>.: 11.2<br></i></div><div><div><i> thresh= 5.160E-05 alpha_mix = 0.700 |ddv_scf|^2 = 1.219E-06</i></div></div><div><i>..<br></i></div><div><div><i> iter # 100 total cpu time : 30214.5 secs <a href="http://av.it">av.it</a>.: 10.8</i></div><div><i> thresh= 1.000E-02 alpha_mix = 0.700 |ddv_scf|^2 = 4.154E-02</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i> End of self-consistent calculation</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i> No convergence has been achieved</i></div></div><div><br></div><div>Due to the oscillating behavior of ddv_scf I doubt that increasing the iterations will in the end work. </div><div><br></div><div>I tried increasing k points and cutoff well beyond SCF convergence (SCF shows convergence at 12x12x1 and ecutwfc~80 Ry but I went up to 36x36x1 and 120 Ry.)</div><div><br></div><div><div>&inputph</div><div> prefix = 'mgo',</div><div> trans = .true.</div><div> epsil = .false.,</div><div> fildyn = 'mgo.dyn',</div><div> ldisp = .true.</div><div> fildvscf = 'dvscf'</div><div> amass(1) = 107.86820</div><div> amass(2) = 24.30500</div><div> amass(3) = 15.99990</div><div> outdir='./',</div><div> nq1=6, nq2=6, nq3=1,</div><div> tr2_ph = 1.0d-12,<br></div><div> /</div></div><div><br></div><div>The system is MgO stacked on top of Ag. The pseudos are NC from the ONCV library and work very well for the "pure" Ag and MgO separately.</div><div><br></div><div>Any hint is very welcome!</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Chris </div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Postdoctoral Researcher<br>Center for Quantum Nanoscience, Institute for Basic Science<br>Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea<blockquote type="cite" style="font-size:12.8px"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>
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