[QE-users] energy calculation

Tone Kokalj tone.kokalj at ijs.si
Thu Jan 9 12:09:47 CET 2020


Dear Pooja,

All seems fine. Note that calculation of (2x2x2) supercell takes
considerably longer than that of the (1x1x1) unit cell.

Are you sure you need that high cutoff energy and that dense k-point
grid? If you reduce these two then the calculation will run faster.

Best regards,
Tone Kokalj
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On Thu, 2020-01-09 at 15:13 +0530, Pooja Vyas wrote:
> Following is my input file:
> &control
>     calculation = 'scf',
>     prefix = '9.1334'
>     tstress= .true.
>     tprnfor= .true.
>     outdir = '/home/user/cao.oct/'
>     pseudo_dir = '/home/user/cao.oct/pseudo/'
>  /
>  &system
>     ibrav =  0,
>     celldm(1)=9.1334,    
>     nat =  64,
>     ntyp = 2,
>     ecutwfc = 100,
> /
> &electrons
>     mixing_beta = 0.7
>      
> /
> 
> ATOMIC_SPECIES
> 
> Ca 40.078  Ca.pbe-nsp-van.UPF
> O 15.999 O.pbe-van_ak.UPF
> 
> ATOMIC_POSITIONS (angstrom) 
>    Ca    2.4165926060    2.4165926060    0.0000000000
>    Ca    0.0000000000    0.0000000000    0.0000000000
>    Ca    2.4165926060    0.0000000000    2.4165926060
>    Ca    0.0000000000    2.4165926060    2.4165926060
>     O    4.8331852120    4.8331852120    2.4165926060
>     O    2.4165926060    2.4165926060    2.4165926060
>     O    4.8331852120    2.4165926060    4.8331852120
>     O    2.4165926060    4.8331852120    4.8331852120
>    Ca    2.4165926060    2.4165926060    4.8331852120
>    Ca    0.0000000000    0.0000000000    4.8331852120
>    Ca    2.4165926060    0.0000000000    7.2497778180
>    Ca    0.0000000000    2.4165926060    7.2497778180
>     O    4.8331852120    4.8331852120    7.2497778180
>     O    2.4165926060    2.4165926060    7.2497778180
>     O    4.8331852120    2.4165926060    9.6663704240
>     O    2.4165926060    4.8331852120    9.6663704240
>    Ca    2.4165926060    7.2497778180    0.0000000000
>    Ca    0.0000000000    4.8331852120    0.0000000000
>    Ca    2.4165926060    4.8331852120    2.4165926060
>    Ca    0.0000000000    7.2497778180    2.4165926060
>     O    4.8331852120    9.6663704240    2.4165926060
>     O    2.4165926060    7.2497778180    2.4165926060
>     O    4.8331852120    7.2497778180    4.8331852120
>     O    2.4165926060    9.6663704240    4.8331852120
>    Ca    2.4165926060    7.2497778180    4.8331852120
>    Ca    0.0000000000    4.8331852120    4.8331852120
>    Ca    2.4165926060    4.8331852120    7.2497778180
>    Ca    0.0000000000    7.2497778180    7.2497778180
>     O    4.8331852120    9.6663704240    7.2497778180
>     O    2.4165926060    7.2497778180    7.2497778180
>     O    4.8331852120    7.2497778180    9.6663704240
>     O    2.4165926060    9.6663704240    9.6663704240
>    Ca    7.2497778180    2.4165926060    0.0000000000
>    Ca    4.8331852120    0.0000000000    0.0000000000
>    Ca    7.2497778180    0.0000000000    2.4165926060
>    Ca    4.8331852120    2.4165926060    2.4165926060
>     O    9.6663704240    4.8331852120    2.4165926060
>     O    7.2497778180    2.4165926060    2.4165926060
>     O    9.6663704240    2.4165926060    4.8331852120
>     O    7.2497778180    4.8331852120    4.8331852120
>    Ca    7.2497778180    2.4165926060    4.8331852120
>    Ca    4.8331852120    0.0000000000    4.8331852120
>    Ca    7.2497778180    0.0000000000    7.2497778180
>    Ca    4.8331852120    2.4165926060    7.2497778180
>     O    9.6663704240    4.8331852120    7.2497778180
>     O    7.2497778180    2.4165926060    7.2497778180
>     O    9.6663704240    2.4165926060    9.6663704240
>     O    7.2497778180    4.8331852120    9.6663704240
>    Ca    7.2497778180    7.2497778180    0.0000000000
>    Ca    4.8331852120    4.8331852120    0.0000000000
>    Ca    7.2497778180    4.8331852120    2.4165926060
>    Ca    4.8331852120    7.2497778180    2.4165926060
>     O    9.6663704240    9.6663704240    2.4165926060
>     O    7.2497778180    7.2497778180    2.4165926060
>     O    9.6663704240    7.2497778180    4.8331852120
>     O    7.2497778180    9.6663704240    4.8331852120
>    Ca    7.2497778180    7.2497778180    4.8331852120
>    Ca    4.8331852120    4.8331852120    4.8331852120
>    Ca    7.2497778180    4.8331852120    7.2497778180
>    Ca    4.8331852120    7.2497778180    7.2497778180
>     O    9.6663704240    9.6663704240    7.2497778180
>     O    7.2497778180    7.2497778180    7.2497778180
>     O    9.6663704240    7.2497778180    9.6663704240
>     O    7.2497778180    9.6663704240    9.6663704240
> 
> CELL_PARAMETERS (alat)
> 2.0 0.0 0.0
> 0.0 2.0 0.0
> 0.0 0.0 2.0
> 
> K_POINTS (automatic)
>   11 11 11 1 1 1
> 
> But the iteration does not start and the calculation doesn't proceed
> and gets stuck at the following point:
>     Dense  grid:   823321 G-vectors     FFT dimensions: ( 120, 120,
> 120)
> 
>      Estimated max dynamical RAM per process >     794.24 MB
> 
>      Estimated total dynamical RAM >      31.02 GB
> 
>      Check: negative core charge=   -0.000001
> 
>      Initial potential from superposition of free atoms
> 
>      starting charge  511.82530, renormalised to  512.00000
> 
>      negative rho (up, down):  5.921E-03 0.000E+00
>      Starting wfcs are  448 randomized atomic wfcs
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