[Pw_forum] HSE calculation stops progressing after convergence

Giuseppe Mattioli giuseppe.mattioli at ism.cnr.it
Fri Feb 16 12:51:20 CET 2018


Sorry!

3) play a bit with ecutfock (ecutfock=2*ecutwfc <------- is generally  
safe, even less sometimes) which saves a lot of memory

Giuseppe

Quoting Shoaib <mshoaibce at gmail.com>:

> Dear Members,
>
>
>
> I am trying a simple HSE calculation but it stop progressing after some time
> where output file says "convergence has been achieved in  10 iterations"
> without showing any further error. CPU usage still remains high but nothing
> is further printed in the output file even if I wait for hours. Here is my
> input file:
>
>
>
>
>
> &CONTROL
>
>     calculation = "scf"
>
>     max_seconds =  8.64000e+04
>
>     outdir      = "./"
>
>     prefix      = "espresso"
>
>     pseudo_dir  = " \.pseudopot"
>
>     title       = "LiFePO4 (SCF)"
>
>     wf_collect  = .TRUE.
>
>     wfcdir      = "./"
>
>     tstress     = .TRUE.
>
>     tprnfor     = .true.
>
>     verbosity   = 'high'
>
> /
>
>
>
> &SYSTEM
>
>     a                         =  4.75196e+00
>
>     b                         =  6.08735e+00
>
>     c                         =  1.04507e+01
>
>     degauss                   =  1.00000e-02
>
>     ecutrho                   =  3.50000e+02
>
>     ecutwfc                   =  3.50000e+01
>
>     exxdiv_treatment          = "gygi-baldereschi"
>
>     ibrav                     = 8
>
>     input_dft                 = "hse"
>
>     nat                       = 28
>
>     nbnd                      = 132
>
>     nqx1                      = 1
>
>     nqx2                      = 1
>
>     nqx3                      = 1
>
>     exx_fraction              = 0.25
>
>     ntyp                      = 4
>
>     occupations               = "smearing"
>
>     smearing                  = "gaussian"
>
>     x_gamma_extrapolation     = .TRUE.
>
> /
>
>
>
> &ELECTRONS
>
>     conv_thr         =  1.00000e-06
>
>     electron_maxstep = 200
>
>     adaptive_thr     = .TRUE.
>
>     mixing_beta      =  4.00000e-01
>
>     startingpot      = "atomic"
>
>     startingwfc      = "atomic+random"
>
> /
>
>
>
> K_POINTS {gamma}
>
> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>
> Li      6.94100  Li.pbe-n-van.UPF
>
> Fe     55.84500  Fe.pbe-sp-van.UPF
>
> P      30.97376  P.pbe-n-van.UPF
>
> O      15.99940  O.pbe-rrkjus.UPF
>
>
>
> ATOMIC_POSITIONS {angstrom}
>
> Li      0.000000   0.000000   0.000000
>
> Li      2.375978   3.043675   5.225334
>
> Li      2.375978   0.000000   5.225334
>
> Li      0.000000   3.043675   0.000000
>
> Fe      2.263451   4.565513   8.168085
>
> Fe      4.639429   1.521838   7.507916
>
> Fe      0.112526   4.565513   2.942751
>
> Fe      2.488504   1.521838   2.282583
>
> P       2.760801   4.565513   0.989699
>
> P       0.384823   1.521838   4.235635
>
> P       4.367133   4.565513   6.215033
>
> P       1.991155   1.521838   9.460968
>
> O       1.223358   4.565513   1.010109
>
> O       1.359820   2.756426   8.719891
>
> O       1.359820   0.287250   8.719891
>
> O       3.528598   1.521838   9.440558
>
> O       1.396395   1.521838   0.446421
>
> O       3.599335   1.521838   4.215225
>
> O       3.392136   5.800101   1.730777
>
> O       3.735797   3.330925   6.956111
>
> O       1.016158   2.756426   3.494557
>
> O       1.016158   0.287250   3.494557
>
> O       3.355560   4.565513  10.004246
>
> O       3.772373   4.565513   4.778913
>
> O       0.979582   1.521838   5.671755
>
> O       1.152620   4.565513   6.235443
>
> O       3.735797   5.800101   6.956111
>
> O       3.392136   3.330925   1.730777
>
>
>
>
>
> And last few lines of output file are
>
> End of self-consistent calculation
>
>
>
>           k = 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 (  3575 PWs)   bands (ev):
>
>
>
>    -79.0030 -79.0023 -79.0019 -78.9839 -45.2255 -45.2252 -45.2234 -45.2059
>
>    -45.1487 -45.1485 -45.1473 -45.1309 -44.9335 -44.9334 -44.9323 -44.9147
>
>    -15.3106 -15.1682 -15.0711 -14.9777 -12.6234 -12.6211 -12.5757 -12.5494
>
>    -12.5403 -12.5249 -12.5217 -12.4742 -12.4125 -12.3868 -12.3624 -12.3553
>
>     -2.5810  -2.1773  -2.1375  -2.0024  -0.9665  -0.6145  -0.5687  -0.4843
>
>     -0.1764  -0.1015   0.1339   0.2764   0.3243   0.3686   0.4349   0.4662
>
>      1.5656   1.9325   2.0392   2.0667   2.2272   2.2489   2.2587   2.2709
>
>      2.3867   2.5635   2.7745   2.9206   3.0322   3.0398   3.1022   3.1224
>
>      3.1659   3.1803   3.3798   3.4103   3.4174   3.5710   3.5829   3.5833
>
>      3.7764   3.8840   4.0086   4.0279   4.1655   4.3439   4.7040   4.8756
>
>      7.1039   7.1654   7.2249   7.2788   7.2957   7.3083   7.3196   7.3530
>
>      7.4510   7.4565   7.4624   7.4743   8.0415   8.0544   8.0944   8.3315
>
>      8.4876   8.5099   8.6253   8.6437  10.2682  12.0817  12.4471  13.1204
>
>     13.3931  13.9195  13.9632  13.9830  14.1605  14.3201  14.5312  14.7573
>
>     14.8969  14.9143  15.1052  15.6954  15.7497  16.0537  16.3593  16.5595
>
>     16.5733  16.6684  16.6782  16.7533  16.9513  17.0567  17.2068  17.6553
>
>     17.7728  17.7858  18.0596  18.5210
>
>
>
>      occupation numbers
>
>      1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000
>
>      1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000
>
>      1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000
>
>      1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000
>
>      1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000
>
>      1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000
>
>      1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000
>
>      1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000
>
>      1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000
>
>      1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000
>
>      1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000   1.0000
>
>      0.9994   0.9993   0.9991   0.9987   0.0019   0.0013   0.0003   0.0000
>
>      0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000
>
>      0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000
>
>      0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000
>
>      0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000
>
>      0.0000   0.0000   0.0000   0.0000
>
>
>
>      the Fermi energy is     7.7636 ev
>
>
>
> !    total energy              =   -1586.80562557 Ry
>
>      Harris-Foulkes estimate   =   -1586.80581500 Ry
>
>      estimated scf accuracy    <       0.00024789 Ry
>
>
>
>      convergence has been achieved in  10 iterations
>
>
>
>
>
> Shoaib Muhammad, PhD
>
> Department of Energy Science
>
> Sungkyunkwan University
>
> South Korea



GIUSEPPE MATTIOLI
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