[Pw_forum] PBE0 Hybrid functional SCF doesn't complete
Thierry Clette
thierry.clette at hotmail.com
Thu Jun 23 14:32:06 CEST 2016
So that is how I did it wrong
Thanks for the tips
Have great day
Thierry Clette
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De : pw_forum-bounces at pwscf.org <pw_forum-bounces at pwscf.org> de la part de stefano de gironcoli <degironc at sissa.it>
Envoyé : jeudi 23 juin 2016 10:33:17
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Objet : Re: [Pw_forum] PBE0 Hybrid functional SCF doesn't complete
the Hybrid calculations are VERY expensive.
in solids the expensive Fock step has an inner summation on k-point that makes it QUADRATIC in the grid dimension used (20*20*20)^2, in your case.
No wonder it does not complete
Things I would do:
- reduce the cutoff to the minimum.
- consider using a NC pseudopential.
- please no gaussian smearing. use 'mv' or 'mp'.
- use larger smearing => smaller k-points set
- read, understand and test the nqx1,nqx2,nqx3 input options
- look for a big machine and use band parallelization to distribute work load.
HTH
stefano
On 22/06/2016 12:22, Thierry Clette wrote:
Hello,
I'm a student at the University of Brussels. I use QE 5.2.1.
I'm trying to do a SCF calculation of bulk black Phosphorus, a semiconductor with a small gap. PBE0 seems to be the right method for this, so I use a normcon PBE pseudopotential from the QE site with the option "input-DFT=PBE0". The inputs and outputs are attached.
As you can see in the output, the calculation in itself seems to work, but the process doesn't seem to finish. It seems it can't write to the save. Usually the process never finishes and is killed by time out. In some cases, it is killed for using too much RAM (after the calculation is complete, very strange). Anyway, as it doesn't finish, I can't do band calculations.
Are some of my parameters wrong ?
Thanks in advance
Thierry Clette
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