[QE-users] 答复: error in cp.x

Giuseppe Mattioli giuseppe.mattioli at ism.cnr.it
Tue Jan 15 12:51:17 CET 2019


Yes, but it is BOMD rather than CPMD, thus it can be slower even if  
you use a longer time step
Best
Giuseppe

LEUNG Clarence <liangxy123 at hotmail.com> ha scritto:

> Dear Giuseppe,
>
> Thanks for your suggestion.
> Can MD in pw.x perform the simulation with dt = 1 fs ?
>
> LIANG Xiongyi
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> 发件人: users <users-bounces at lists.quantum-espresso.org> 代表 Giuseppe  
> Mattioli <giuseppe.mattioli at ism.cnr.it>
> 发送时间: 2019年1月15日 17:35
> 收件人: users at lists.quantum-espresso.org
> 主题: Re: [QE-users] error in cp.x
>
>
> Dear Liang Xiongyi
>
> There are a few things that should be changed in your input: for
> example dft-d3 is not implemented in cp.x., and nr(i)b=16 is a bit on
> the strict side (I generally use 20, but you should be sure that your
> value is insensitive to further change). However, dt=1 fs is a huge
> jump for CPMD and this is possibly the source of your
> orthonormalization error. You may try to use dt=1 a.u. for electronic
> minimization, and dt=3-6 a.u. for finite temperature runs. If you want
> to speed-up electronic minimization, then use pw.x and read the
> instructions for cp.x-pw.x interoperability to start a finite
> temperature CPMD from a ground state obtained by using pw.x. Remember
> also that, AFAIK, cppp.x is currently not usable for QE 6.3. You
> should write your own tool to analyze trajectories, as the prefix.pos
> output is written in a.u., too.
> HTH
> Giuseppe
>
> LEUNG Clarence <liangxy123 at hotmail.com> ha scritto:
>
>> Dear QE Users,
>>
>> When I use the cp.x to perform the thermal stability with dt = 1 fs,
>> an error occur:
>>
>>
>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>      Error in routine  ortho (1):
>>       ortho went bananas
>>
>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
>>
>>      stopping ...
>>
>> And I have try to use short dt, it can works.
>>
>> The input file is followed:
>>
>> &CONTROL
>>   etot_conv_thr = 3.5D-6 ,
>>   forc_conv_thr = 4.0D-4 ,
>>   ekin_conv_thr = 1d-4 ,
>>   nstep = 20000 ,
>>   tstress = .false. ,
>>   tprnfor = .false. ,
>>   dt=20.67,
>>   isave = 100,
>>   iprint = 10,
>>   ndr = 51,
>>   ndw = 51,
>>   restart_mode = 'from_scratch',
>>   verbosity = 'low' ,
>> /
>>
>> &SYSTEM
>>   ibrav=14,
>>   celldm(1)=36.1187133640d0, celldm(2)=0.6119121863d0,
>> celldm(3)=1.3079965678d0,
>>   celldm(4)=0.0000000000d0, celldm(5)=0.0000000000d0,
>> celldm(6)=0.0000000000d0,
>>   nat=63,
>>   ntyp=2,
>>   ecutwfc=50,
>>   ecutrho=400,
>>   input_dft='PBE',
>>   vdw_corr = 'DFT-D3' ,
>>   nr1b = 16 ,
>>   nr2b = 16 ,
>>   nr3b = 16 ,
>>   nosym = .true. ,
>> /
>> &ELECTRONS
>>   emass = 400
>>   emass_cutoff = 2.50,
>>   electron_dynamics='damp',
>>   electron_damping=0.2,
>> /
>> &IONS
>>   ion_dynamics='none',
>>   ion_radius(1)=1.0, ion_radius(2)=1.0,
>> /
>>
>> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>>   C 12.010700d0 C_pbe_v1.2.uspp.F.UPF
>>   P  30.973800d0 P.pbe-n-rrkjus_psl.1.0.0.UPF
>>
>> ATOMIC_POSITIONS {crystal}
>> P        0.207062953   0.994563394   0.532135751
>> P        0.042823633   0.994796583   0.465770116
>> C        0.157559602   0.119473623   0.509211511
>> C        0.092142096   0.120398444   0.486938482
>> P        0.453113260   0.016237452   0.533698293
>> P        0.289980002   0.986689982   0.464529400
>> C        0.399646081   0.133053286   0.505994952
>> C        0.335858066   0.117232823   0.482213070
>> P        0.704320783   0.007706925   0.532982064
>> P        0.538824580   0.008408401   0.468045855
>> C        0.654037234   0.132822314   0.511474768
>> C        0.587848371   0.135094109   0.489114957
>> P        0.956731588  -0.000006745   0.532145072
>> P        0.791554157   0.002228032   0.466394516
>> C        0.907495292   0.125510515   0.509696521
>> C        0.841931621   0.126642797   0.487430517
>> P        0.208266817   0.243782922   0.529541853
>> P        0.043965854   0.246589308   0.464392818
>> C        0.158728245   0.369838186   0.509463992
>> C        0.093217169   0.370873210   0.486709312
>> P        0.424177849   0.286343852   0.516852430
>> P        0.290089532   0.244400471   0.459582516
>> C        0.349540011   0.348792825   0.487513040
>> P        0.705574516   0.255089554   0.532107492
>> P        0.542012221   0.260506971   0.464249905
>> C        0.656129286   0.380833823   0.512136142
>> C        0.590214180   0.381152001   0.490082742
>> P        0.957108151   0.250073183   0.531244245
>> P        0.792998637   0.251922321   0.464998669
>> C        0.907321789   0.375462368   0.510050868
>> C        0.841746979   0.376334296   0.487596817
>> P        0.208402877   0.492352243   0.532960869
>> P        0.043963546   0.496372026   0.465432581
>> C        0.160144417   0.618157610   0.509696507
>> C        0.094342113   0.619600026   0.487659242
>> P        0.471073678   0.513328655   0.548894023
>> P        0.309129724   0.486227608   0.474070256
>> C        0.414925399   0.629235003   0.523346545
>> C        0.350961159   0.616373438   0.499640968
>> P        0.705395802   0.505478539   0.534378721
>> P        0.537192856   0.506995560   0.474222102
>> C        0.656825419   0.631333460   0.511436510
>> C        0.590845794   0.632466501   0.490389008
>> P        0.956482750   0.499986748   0.532254831
>> P        0.791270143   0.501641183   0.466922839
>> C        0.906923580   0.625196225   0.510129362
>> C        0.841214140   0.626345388   0.488309739
>> P        0.207667541   0.743674910   0.533472131
>> P        0.043998636   0.744658734   0.465730512
>> C        0.158052412   0.868776604   0.510578825
>> C        0.092761413   0.869723388   0.488195850
>> P        0.461194613   0.761061943   0.539728957
>> P        0.299530254   0.737206731   0.471960596
>> C        0.407654987   0.881987587   0.515312903
>> C        0.343486860   0.870097791   0.492007540
>> P        0.706175574   0.757137135   0.532107627
>> P        0.539960743   0.756974729   0.469099032
>> C        0.655720285   0.882343139   0.510585276
>> C        0.589586421   0.883272199   0.489712695
>> P        0.956945276   0.749651294   0.531828394
>> P        0.791991567   0.752132650   0.465926241
>> C        0.907222485   0.875386768   0.509910655
>> C        0.841486983   0.876756958   0.488249976
>>
>> K_POINTS {gamma}
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> LIANG Xiongyi
>> City University of Hong Kong
>
>
>
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