[Pw_forum] Prolems with tetrahedra method

yumin qian yuminqian at gmail.com
Mon Apr 18 16:15:24 CEST 2011


Thanks for your reply
I have  change the
calculation='scf'
but it still the same. why ?

2011/4/18 Eyvaz Isaev <eyvaz_isaev at yahoo.com>

>  Well, you are wrong. k-points generated by kvecs_FS.x can not be used for
> scf calculation. They are designed for nscf calculations (to map the Fermi
> surface), given in units of 2\pi/a and are Cartesian.
>
> Bests,
> Eyvaz.
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* yumin qian <yuminqian at gmail.com>
> *To:* PWSCF Forum <pw_forum at pwscf.org>
> *Sent:* Mon, April 18, 2011 3:12:26 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Pw_forum] Prolems with tetrahedra method
>
> Dear Eyvaz Isaev
>
> This is the input file.
>
>  &control
>     calculation='scf'
>     restart_mode='from_scratch',
>     pseudo_dir = '/home1/ymqian/soft/pwscf/psudo',
>     outdir='./scfx'
>     prefix='NaR',
>     tstress = .true.
>  /
>  &system
>     ibrav = 7, celldm(1) =7.767722331091487, celldm(3)=3.564658800632527,
>     nat= 7, ntyp= 4, nbnd=60
>     ecutwfc = 45.0, ecutrho = 400.0
>     occupations='tetrahedra',
>     nspin=1,
>  /
>  &electrons
>     diagonalization='david'
>     conv_thr = 1.0e-7
>     mixing_beta = 0.7
>  /
> ATOMIC_SPECIES
> Na  22.98977  Na.pbe-sp-van_ak.UPF
> Fe  55.845    Fe.pbe-sp-van.UPF
> Se  78.96     Se.pbe-van.UPF
> O   15.9994   O.pbe-van_ak.UPF
> ATOMIC_POSITIONS {crystal}
> Na  0.500   0.500   0.1636801516544324
> Na  0.000   0.000   0.3363198483455676
> Fe  0.500   0.000   0.0000000000000000
> Fe  0.000   0.500   0.0000000000000000
> Se  0.000   0.000   0.1090917831789682
> Se  0.500   0.500   0.3909082168210318
> O   0.500   0.500   0.0000000000000000
> K_POINTS {crystal}
>         729
>     0.000000    0.000000    0.000000  1.00
>     0.000000    0.000000    0.125000  1.00
>     0.000000    0.000000    0.250000  1.00
>     0.000000    0.000000    0.375000  1.00
>     0.000000    0.000000    0.500000  1.00
>     0.000000    0.000000    0.625000  1.00
>     0.000000    0.000000    0.750000  1.00
>     0.000000    0.000000    0.875000  1.00
>     0.000000    0.000000    1.000000  1.00
>    ..............................
> 2011/4/18 Eyvaz Isaev <eyvaz_isaev at yahoo.com>
>
>>   *
>> From:* yumin qian <yuminqian at gmail.com>
>> * *
>>  >what I mean is when I use the kvec_FS.x to generate the
>> k-points and add the k-points to the the >input file for the nscf
>> calculation
>>
>>  >I run the pw.x  the output give
>>
>> >     fro/m tetrahedra : error #         1
>>
>> >     cannot remap grid on k-point list
>>
>> Please submit your input file.
>>
>>  >For example, to calculate electron-phonon coupling coefficient, for
>> isolated systems, etc., etc.,
>>
>> >There are so many case that you can't use tetrahedra method, or can you
>> tell me for which case >that the tetrehedra method can be used safely?.
>>
>> For total DOS calculations.
>>
>> Bests,
>> Eyvaz.
>>
>>
>>   2011/4/18 Eyvaz Isaev <eyvaz_isaev at yahoo.com>
>>
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>>  ------------------------------
>>> *From:* yumin qian <yuminqian at gmail.com>
>>> * *
>>> 1>I can not calculated projected density of state (PDOS) with projwfc.x .
>>>
>>>  >     from projwfc : error #       239
>>> >    reading inputpp namelist
>>>
>>> Something is wrong in your inputpp file. Please check it carefully. In
>>> PDOS calculations tetrahedra is not implemented/allowed.
>>>
>>>  2>    When I use the kvecs_FS.x to generate the k-points for the nscf
>>> calculation, the output return :
>>>
>>> >     from tetrahedra : error #         1
>>> >     cannot remap grid on k-point list
>>>
>>> I can not understand this, because kvecs_FS is not related  with any
>>> program, in particular,  to tetrahedra, who complains.
>>>
>>>  >I find that not all of the generated k-points are within the first
>>> Brillouin zone,  is there any one tell >me what is the problem?
>>>
>>> These k-vectors are distributed over the full BZ, not  only in the first
>>> BZ.
>>>
>>>  >another quesiton, I think that tetrahedra method can not be used in
>>> every case in PWSCF, except >for the force calculation that tetrahedra
>>> method may cause prolems, who can tell me, where we >can not use tetrahedra
>>> method
>>>
>>> For example, to calculate electron-phonon coupling coefficient, for
>>> isolated systems, etc., etc.,
>>>
>>> Bests,
>>> Eyvaz.
>>>  -------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> Prof. Eyvaz Isaev,
>>> Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM), Linkoping
>>> University, Sweden
>>> Theoretical Physics Department, Moscow State Institute of Steel & Alloys,
>>> Russia,
>>> isaev at ifm.liu.se, eyvaz_isaev at yahoo.com
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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>> Sincerely Y. M. Qian (钱玉敏)
>> Laboratory of Condensed Matter Theory and Materials Computation
>> Institute of Physics(IOP), Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)
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>> E-Mail:    yuminqian at gmail.com <E-Mail%3Ayuminqian at gmail.com>
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> Institute of Physics(IOP), Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)
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Best Regards
Sincerely Y. M. Qian (钱玉敏)
Laboratory of Condensed Matter Theory and Materials Computation
Institute of Physics(IOP), Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS)
Tel:        + 8610 8264 9827
E-Mail:    yuminqian at gmail.com <E-Mail%3Ayuminqian at gmail.com>
P.O.Box 603   Beijing 100190
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