[QE-developers] SCF convergence fails for a large system size
Vidushi Sharma
vidushi.sharma at stonybrook.edu
Mon Jun 17 19:30:24 CEST 2019
Hi,
I am new to using Quantum Espresso and I have a question about the
convergence of a single point calculation ('scf') for a big system. The
system is not complicated at all -- just has one NaCl with 96 H_{2}O
molecules, but the box size itself has to be of the order of 15 Ang, and
this is not easy to converge. I have included my input file and the names
of the pseudopotentials I use from the set provided on the QE webpage --
any suggestions to help the system converge are welcome! So far I have
already looked at ample of questions posted by people facing convergence
issues but nothing has improved the situation, and I have tested
convergence on *smaller sized* boxes and that seems to work fine with the
given pseudopotentials and other input parameters. I am currently using
input_dft= 'pbe' (which is consistent with the pseudopotentials) but I
eventually want to work with the available hybrid XC.
<nacl96h2o.in>
&control
calculation = 'scf',
prefix = 'nacl_bh20',
outdir = './tmp/'
pseudo_dir = './pseudo/'
/
&system
ibrav = 0,
celldm(1) = 2.7161,
nat = 290,
ntyp = 4,
ecutwfc = 30,
ecutrho = 300,
input_dft = 'pbe'
/
&electrons
electron_maxstep = 500
mixing_beta = 0.1
/
CELL_PARAMETERS cubic
10.0 0.0 0.0
0.0 10.0 0.0
0.0 0.0 10.0
ATOMIC_SPECIES
H 1.008 H.pbe-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
O 15.999 O.pbe-n-rrkjus_psl.1.0.0.UPF
Na 22.990 Na.pbe-spn-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
Cl 35.453 Cl.pbe-n-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
ATOMIC_POSITIONS (angstrom)
Na 4.867210 6.569511 3.191487
Cl 3.022620 6.024626 3.739746
H 4.927055 10.441872 10.973286
O 5.265258 11.309878 11.237590
O 4.017527 10.622927 10.687648
H 10.513380 12.871681 6.303561
O 10.299966 13.812005 6.240642
O 9.894495 12.512459 6.936896
H 9.703393 1.257187 5.788580
O 9.038896 1.890310 6.079435
O 10.285630 1.775452 5.225542
H 13.566921 11.356925 11.825488
O 12.924065 12.026841 11.564094
O 13.781250 10.904109 10.994968
H 10.242246 12.399511 3.642226
O 10.066306 12.118387 4.538761
O 9.555536 13.037468 3.451166
H 5.829184 8.701401 2.767993
O 6.729539 9.014773 2.761105
O 5.386785 9.232181 2.090447
H 11.091427 3.643833 10.607679
O 11.811736 4.275171 10.644902
O 11.335723 2.981156 11.264805
H 9.454174 9.724098 11.479173
O 8.691027 10.116981 11.907536
O 10.214669 10.182383 11.840996
H 4.987285 14.324963 2.598627
O 4.164732 0.116950 3.044210
O 4.734860 13.960167 1.751422
H 11.168902 1.973517 13.167202
O 11.713195 2.466000 13.815669
O 11.141319 1.075927 13.519426
H 5.117969 2.634384 2.298544
O 5.233954 1.711059 2.548705
O 6.006517 2.987438 2.263779
H 2.310572 7.428690 11.436984
O 1.479980 6.953150 11.520516
O 2.994438 6.771515 11.589829
H 10.442356 9.367202 4.517214
O 10.435523 9.843960 3.688311
O 9.516179 9.363463 4.811819
H 7.385970 1.426864 11.920237
O 7.933397 1.724601 12.655179
O 8.025128 1.093024 11.291179
H 1.020593 2.001328 10.016276
O 1.185432 2.127692 10.941944
O 1.686152 1.378979 9.732610
H 13.782330 3.290728 5.058812
O 13.840035 2.871929 5.932143
O 14.368339 2.769240 4.517663
H 10.505698 10.102401 1.756034
O 11.122516 10.281291 1.048208
O 10.165230 10.961529 1.992476
H 8.300607 5.454676 13.829578
O 9.130585 5.611865 14.271766
O 8.529094 5.384478 12.896466
H 8.127639 5.739223 8.596007
O 7.865767 6.662846 8.631549
O 8.449893 5.573423 9.491189
H 3.199780 10.559924 4.401587
O 2.586694 10.215005 3.735467
O 3.249385 9.885630 5.080991
H 5.713466 11.322698 4.713134
O 4.914592 11.026943 4.320960
O 5.830766 12.191497 4.342987
H 0.385969 12.163029 1.301139
O 0.346916 13.114277 1.243542
O 14.188198 11.950198 2.049644
H 13.011027 2.643821 0.842728
O 12.754584 2.331435 1.708804
O 13.640876 1.988495 0.519065
H 6.931294 9.346607 13.782798
O 6.354101 8.621786 13.489437
O 7.440681 8.973331 0.124115
H 12.433086 8.971692 6.683760
O 12.150275 8.306837 7.313441
O 11.645473 9.141284 6.152326
H 13.055595 12.091450 7.048727
O 13.466587 12.922496 7.308617
O 12.197462 12.343484 6.653975
H 0.116658 4.687688 1.679807
O 13.818174 4.056432 1.403838
O 0.389399 4.404455 2.551999
H 2.810947 10.512739 1.219633
O 2.029966 11.078473 1.299794
O 2.625997 9.935129 0.494591
H 13.692304 1.772216 7.294778
O 12.740134 1.931271 7.375310
O 14.093933 2.452758 7.849110
H 3.756586 1.852312 6.287004
O 4.661857 1.858215 5.988074
O 3.296722 1.396284 5.591416
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O 5.667354 2.646508 11.788579
O 4.536437 3.271915 10.985177
H 6.120018 4.506023 7.273240
O 5.428645 4.458205 7.944853
O 6.908423 4.868345 7.731643
H 10.564147 5.914150 0.851846
O 11.297190 6.391602 0.500389
O 10.761905 5.757775 1.769700
H 4.209058 12.791475 0.280627
O 3.605348 12.787683 13.898476
O 3.983161 11.999365 0.761822
H 6.781484 12.022692 13.963930
O 6.727285 11.066180 13.867317
O 5.869490 12.310230 14.071349
H 6.310932 13.150393 11.440921
O 6.431318 14.095211 11.464492
O 6.400192 12.859149 12.360045
H 1.980944 12.252419 6.107114
O 2.202650 11.602418 5.442023
O 1.077861 12.048021 6.346127
H 4.690337 6.089800 11.822453
O 5.360804 6.388037 11.213363
O 4.891455 5.153594 11.979456
H 11.083520 6.389237 3.367335
O 11.996878 6.127900 3.534797
O 11.003236 7.259621 3.742246
H 13.274863 11.046655 3.193857
O 12.579058 11.676604 3.333482
O 13.260408 10.466810 3.952280
H 8.872945 5.047963 11.111122
O 9.230930 5.937410 10.954740
O 9.542287 4.442152 10.794840
H 0.451212 7.710015 1.416153
O 0.683966 6.830906 1.655804
O 1.143971 7.978834 0.816618
H 8.444275 2.671614 14.296021
O 9.288997 2.441563 13.910468
O 8.280653 3.569879 14.014529
H 6.459516 6.860116 5.230569
O 6.123324 6.315491 5.953433
O 7.292196 6.445562 4.990060
H 14.253197 0.322980 0.589961
O 0.395995 0.482805 14.172782
O 13.396323 0.015569 0.261483
H 7.925063 14.078269 3.552169
O 7.269108 0.308592 3.153432
O 8.154069 0.131098 4.376061
H 8.959624 13.215240 10.765021
O 8.047759 13.057036 10.980113
O 9.021536 13.063602 9.819968
H 3.066014 0.653318 9.085639
O 3.506412 1.320280 8.541030
O 3.448989 14.215855 8.803568
H 8.445248 8.287719 1.334805
O 9.105063 7.753954 0.856524
O 8.917019 9.097561 1.566098
H 11.429143 2.335868 3.858027
O 11.675925 1.442362 3.574269
O 12.204733 2.644049 4.338440
H 13.354510 5.966928 9.874683
O 13.789329 5.820085 10.731269
O 13.884401 5.448158 9.250328
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O 13.324978 10.857040 8.523345
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O 4.064447 2.282077 12.941204
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O 10.443164 2.320496 8.038523
O 11.142660 2.524443 9.369447
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O 3.095595 7.882333 14.228272
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O 2.068326 1.134119 12.953695
O 1.600297 14.199693 12.366240
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O 11.939166 13.662581 11.047674
O 10.536523 13.153140 11.379754
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O 6.948121 10.200637 4.798178
O 6.985251 8.693839 5.014859
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O 13.963163 6.340195 12.949559
O 0.470776 5.096317 12.734193
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O 0.350970 0.924577 2.612637
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O 3.532034 4.273291 8.466345
O 3.819014 5.370796 9.487585
H 4.777059 7.388148 14.094417
O 4.798602 6.900684 13.257178
O 5.480806 6.997436 0.231650
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O 0.610210 8.418493 2.883665
O 1.631243 8.220421 4.008205
Thank you
Regards,
Vidushi Sharma
PhD student, Computational Condensed Matter Physics,
Stony Brook University,
NY-11780
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