[Pw_forum] optimal alpha not found
Eyvaz Isaev
eyvaz_isaev at yahoo.com
Mon May 9 18:30:41 CEST 2005
Dear Paolo,
Thanks for correction.
Bests,
Eyvaz.
--- Paolo Giannozzi <giannozz at nest.sns.it> wrote:
> On Thursday 05 May 2005 17:43, Eyvaz Isaev wrote:
>
> > Actually, the error means that the Ewald sum
> (ion-ion
> > energy contribution) could not converge for some
> > reason. I have to remind that the Ewald sum
> consists
> > of two parts: erf(\alpha R)/R and erfc(\alpha
> R)/R.
> > The first term has a fast convergence in G-space,
> > while the second term converges in R-space.
> > There are also 2 \alpha-dependent contributions,
> > excluded from sums.
> > Optimum \alpha has to be chosen so that it gives
> good
> > convergence for both G-, and R- sums.
>
> the exact meaning of the error is that the code
> (PW/ewald.f90)
> could not determine a value for alpha giving a
> converged
> G-space sum for the available set of G-vectors.
> "Optimal"
> is somewhat misleading in this respect. The only
> reasons
> for such error I can think of, iare either a very
> weird structure,
> or an exceedingly low cutoff
>
> Paolo
>
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