<div dir="ltr">The stress converges _very_ slowly with cutoff. The ultimate test for stress is to compare it with the numerical derivatives of the energy, computed at a _fixed_ number of plane waves. This has been done more than once and I am quite sure that the stress is correctly computed. There are still some problems in variable-cell calculations, though, of unclear origin: <a href="https://gitlab.com/QEF/q-e/-/issues/204">https://gitlab.com/QEF/q-e/-/issues/204</a>.<div><br></div><div>Paolo</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 14, 2021 at 1:17 PM Audrius Alkauskas <<a href="mailto:audrius.alkauskas@ftmc.lt">audrius.alkauskas@ftmc.lt</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dear all,<br>
<br>
We have started testing the Quantum Espresso implementation of screened <br>
Fock exchange (HSE functional), benchmarking against VASP results (the <br>
input file below).<br>
<br>
As a test case, we took simple bulk diamond. If we calculate the energy <br>
as a function of the lattice constant, the resulting equilibrium lattice <br>
parameter (3.555 A) and bulk modulus are very similar to the results <br>
from VASP, which is nice. However, the calculated stress for the <br>
equilibrium lattice parameter is still large (~30 kBar). The stress is <br>
linear as a function of the lattice constant and is ~0 for the lattice <br>
constant 3.585 A, yielding an offset of about 0.03 A with respect to <br>
what I assume is the "correct" HSE value. The value of 3.585 A is much <br>
closer to the PBE result. Are there still some issues when calculating <br>
stresses with hybrids or we do something wrong? Energies seem OK, <br>
stresses not (the error is not huge, but still...)<br>
<br>
If anybody has any insights, I would be happy to get receive them.<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Audrius<br>
<br>
***<br>
Input<br>
***<br>
<br>
&CONTROL<br>
calculation = 'scf'<br>
title = 'carbon-cubic-hse-3.556'<br>
verbosity = 'high'<br>
nstep = 100<br>
tstress = .true.<br>
tprnfor = .true.<br>
outdir = '/home/vytautas/HSE/C/relax/3.556'<br>
etot_conv_thr = 1e-06<br>
forc_conv_thr = 1e-05<br>
pseudo_dir = '.'<br>
/<br>
&SYSTEM<br>
ibrav = 1<br>
celldm = 6.719866103476117<br>
nat = 8<br>
ntyp = 1<br>
nbnd = 24<br>
ecutwfc = 100<br>
ecutrho = 400<br>
ecutfock = 400<br>
input_dft = 'hse'<br>
exxdiv_treatment = 'gygi-baldereschi'<br>
x_gamma_extrapolation = .true.<br>
nqx1 = 4<br>
nqx2 = 4<br>
nqx3 = 4<br>
celldm(1) = 6.719866131544066<br>
/<br>
&ELECTRONS<br>
electron_maxstep = 300<br>
conv_thr = 1e-08<br>
/<br>
&IONS<br>
/<br>
&CELL<br>
/<br>
<br>
ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>
C 12.011 C.upf<br>
<br>
K_POINTS automatic<br>
4 4 4 0 0 0<br>
<br>
ATOMIC_POSITIONS angstrom<br>
C 0.0000000000 0.0000000000 0.0000000000<br>
C 1.7780000000 1.7780000000 0.0000000000<br>
C 0.8890000000 0.8890000000 0.8890000000<br>
C 2.6670000000 2.6670000000 0.8890000000<br>
C 0.0000000000 1.7780000000 1.7780000000<br>
C 1.7780000000 0.0000000000 1.7780000000<br>
C 0.8890000000 2.6670000000 2.6670000000<br>
C 2.6670000000 0.8890000000 2.6670000000<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Audrius Alkauskas<br>
Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC)<br>
Vilnius, Lithuania<br>
<br>
email: <a href="mailto:audrius.alkauskas@ftmc.lt" target="_blank">audrius.alkauskas@ftmc.lt</a><br>
phone: +370 612 22281<br>
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