[QE-users] No symmetry found

Mon Jun 3 11:01:14 CEST 2019

Dear QE friends,

I’m calculating stepped Pd surfaces (Pd533).

My palladium slab model has an inversion center. I define one half of the atoms and generate the other half by using the inversion center.

The input and only part of the output file is given below.

pw.x program is not able to detect and to use the symmetry (inversion center).

At first, I thought I made a mistake in the definition. Running abinit with the same model showed me that the symmetry could be detected
and that the definition of the atomic positions is fine.

Why can't QE detect and use the symmetry?

<snip>
&CONTROL
   verbosity        = 'high'
   tprnfor          = .true.
   pseudo_dir       = './'
/
&SYSTEM
   ecutwfc          = 35
   ecutrho          = 140
   occupations      = 'smearing'
   degauss          = 1e-05
   ntyp             = 1
   nat              = 38
   ibrav            = 0
/
&ELECTRONS
   electron_maxstep = 200
   conv_thr         = 0.0001
   mixing_beta      = 0.3
/
&IONS
/
&CELL
/

ATOMIC_SPECIES
Pd 106.42 Pd.pbe-n-kjpaw_psl.0.2.2.UPF

K_POINTS automatic
2 3 1  0 0 0

CELL_PARAMETERS angstrom
5.58600000000000 0.00000000000000 0.00000000000000
4.18950000000000 8.86896616015644 -2.28047495053114
0.00000000000000 0.00000000000000 18.24379960424911

ATOMIC_POSITIONS angstrom
Pd 4.1896396500 8.8680792635 1.1404655228
Pd 2.7930000000 0.0000000000 3.4207124258
Pd 1.3965000000 2.4188089528 3.4207124258
Pd 4.1895000000 2.4188089528 3.4207124258
Pd 2.7930000000 4.8376179055 3.4207124258
Pd 5.5860000000 4.8376179055 3.4207124258
Pd 4.1895000000 7.2564268583 3.4207124258
Pd 6.9825000000 7.2564268583 3.4207124258
Pd 1.3965000000 0.8062696509 5.7011873763
Pd 4.1895000000 0.8062696509 5.7011873763
Pd 2.7930000000 3.2250786037 5.7011873763
Pd 5.5860000000 3.2250786037 5.7011873763
Pd 4.1895000000 5.6438875565 5.7011873763
Pd 6.9825000000 5.6438875565 5.7011873763
Pd 5.5860000000 8.0626965092 5.7011873763
Pd 8.3790000000 8.0626965092 5.7011873763
Pd 2.7930000000 1.6125393018 7.9816623269
Pd 5.5860000000 1.6125393018 7.9816623269
Pd 4.1895000000 4.0313482546 7.9816623269
Pd 6.9825000000 4.0313482546 7.9816623269
Pd 5.5860000000 6.4501572074 7.9816623269
Pd 8.3790000000 6.4501572074 7.9816623269
Pd 2.7930000000 0.0000000000 10.2621372774
Pd -0.0000000000 0.0000000000 10.2621372774
Pd 4.1895000000 2.4188089528 10.2621372774
Pd 1.3965000000 2.4188089528 10.2621372774
Pd 5.5860000000 4.8376179055 10.2621372774
Pd 2.7930000000 4.8376179055 10.2621372774
Pd 6.9825000000 7.2564268583 10.2621372774
Pd 4.1895000000 7.2564268583 10.2621372774
Pd 4.1895000000 0.8062696509 12.5426122279
Pd 1.3965000000 0.8062696509 12.5426122279
Pd 5.5860000000 3.2250786037 12.5426122279
Pd 2.7930000000 3.2250786037 12.5426122279
Pd 6.9825000000 5.6438875565 12.5426122279
Pd 4.1895000000 5.6438875565 12.5426122279
Pd 8.3790000000 8.0626965092 12.5426122279
Pd 5.5858603500 8.0635834058 12.5423841804

</snip>

Part of the output:

<snip>
     Program PWSCF v.6.2.2 starts on  3Jun2019 at 10:44:39

     This program is part of the open-source Quantum ESPRESSO suite
     for quantum simulation of materials; please cite
         "P. Giannozzi et al., J. Phys.:Condens. Matter 21 395502 (2009);
         "P. Giannozzi et al., J. Phys.:Condens. Matter 29 465901 (2017);
          URL http://www.quantum-espresso.org",
     in publications or presentations arising from this work. More details at
     http://www.quantum-espresso.org/quote

     Serial version
…
...

     No symmetry found

                                    s                        frac. trans.

      isym =  1     identity

 cryst.   s( 1) = (     1          0          0      )
                  (     0          1          0      )
                  (     0          0          1      )

 cart.    s( 1) = (  1.0000000  0.0000000  0.0000000 )
                  (  0.0000000  1.0000000  0.0000000 )
                  (  0.0000000  0.0000000  1.0000000 )

…
...
</snip>

Met vriendelijke groeten,
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
With kind regards,

Willem Offermans
Researcher Electrocatalysis SCT
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