[QE-users] Is my relax calculation converging

Coralie Khabbaz khabbaz.coralie at gmail.com
Tue Jun 30 17:51:23 CEST 2020


I have been running my optimization calculation on my WN slab for 6 hours.
>From iteration 1 to iteration 500 my energy value has been changing to the
10^-2 or less. Do you think my energy value is going to converge but needs
more time or is there a problem (and if so, how can I fix it)? This is the
output file I got:

Message from routine get_command_line:
     unexpected argument # 2     :-i

     Program PWSCF v.6.1 (svn rev. 13369) starts on 30Jun2020 at  1:30:19

     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);
          URL http://www.quantum-espresso.org",
     in publications or presentations arising from this work. More details
at
     http://www.quantum-espresso.org/quote

     Parallel version (MPI), running on   192 processors
     R & G space division:  proc/nbgrp/npool/nimage =     192
     Waiting for input...
     Reading input from standard input
Warning: card &CELL ignored
Warning: card / ignored

     Current dimensions of program PWSCF are:
     Max number of different atomic species (ntypx) = 10
     Max number of k-points (npk) =  40000
     Max angular momentum in pseudopotentials (lmaxx) =  3
               file N.pbe-n-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF: wavefunction(s)  2S
renormalized
               file W.pbe-spn-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF: wavefunction(s)  6S 5P
5D renormalized

     Subspace diagonalization in iterative solution of the eigenvalue
problem:
     one sub-group per band group will be used
     scalapack distributed-memory algorithm (size of sub-group:  9*  9
procs)

     Found symmetry operation: I + ( -0.5000  0.0000  0.0000)
     This is a supercell, fractional translations are disabled

     Parallelization info
     --------------------
     sticks:   dense  smooth     PW     G-vecs:    dense   smooth      PW
     Min          52      22      5                11415     3150     417
     Max          53      23      6                11445     3168     449
     Sum       10093    4291   1151              2194297   606291   84835



     bravais-lattice index     =           14
     lattice parameter (alat)  =      15.7361  a.u.
     unit-cell volume          =   12543.4129 (a.u.)^3
     number of atoms/cell      =           48
     number of atomic types    =            2
     number of electrons       =       456.00
     number of Kohn-Sham states=          490
     kinetic-energy cutoff     =      50.3902  Ry
     charge density cutoff     =     475.2210  Ry
     convergence threshold     =      1.0E-06
     mixing beta               =       0.1581
     number of iterations used =            8  local-TF  mixing
     Exchange-correlation      =  SLA  PW   PBX  PBC ( 1  4  3  4 0 0)
     nstep                     =          200


     celldm(1)=  15.736052  celldm(2)=   1.079226  celldm(3)=   3.035453
     celldm(4)=  -0.185547  celldm(5)=   0.000000  celldm(6)=   0.000000

     crystal axes: (cart. coord. in units of alat)
               a(1) = (   1.000000   0.000000   0.000000 )
               a(2) = (   0.000000   1.079226   0.000000 )
               a(3) = (   0.000000  -0.563219   2.982743 )

     reciprocal axes: (cart. coord. in units 2 pi/alat)
               b(1) = (  1.000000 -0.000000 -0.000000 )
               b(2) = (  0.000000  0.926590  0.174964 )
               b(3) = (  0.000000  0.000000  0.335262 )


     PseudoPot. # 1 for  N read from file:

 /home/coralee/projects/def-jkopysci/coralee/.pseudopot/N.pbe-n-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
     MD5 check sum: e0e4e94a9c4025c5b51bd7d8793849bd
     Pseudo is Projector augmented-wave + core cor, Zval =  5.0
     Generated using "atomic" code by A. Dal Corso  v.5.1.2
     Shape of augmentation charge: PSQ
     Using radial grid of 1085 points,  4 beta functions with:
                l(1) =   0
                l(2) =   0
                l(3) =   1
                l(4) =   1
     Q(r) pseudized with 0 coefficients


     PseudoPot. # 2 for  W read from file:

 /home/coralee/projects/def-jkopysci/coralee/.pseudopot/W.pbe-spn-kjpaw_psl.1.0.0.UPF
     MD5 check sum: f3acacb803c85a3663896168a67a7ce2
     Pseudo is Projector augmented-wave + core cor, Zval = 14.0
     Generated using "atomic" code by A. Dal Corso  v.5.1.2
     Shape of augmentation charge: PSQ
     Using radial grid of 1273 points,  6 beta functions with:
                l(1) =   0
                l(2) =   0
                l(3) =   1
                l(4) =   1
                l(5) =   2
                l(6) =   2
     Q(r) pseudized with 0 coefficients


     atomic species   valence    mass     pseudopotential
        N              5.00    14.00674      N( 1.00)
        W             14.00   183.84000      W( 1.00)

     Starting magnetic structure
     atomic species   magnetization
        N            0.200
        W            0.200

     No symmetry found



   Cartesian axes

     site n.     atom                  positions (alat units)
         1           N   tau(   1) = (   0.3852312   0.3209930   1.7818541
 )
         2           N   tau(   2) = (   0.8852312   0.3209930   1.7818541
 )
         3           N   tau(   3) = (   0.3852312  -0.2186200   1.7818541
 )
         4           N   tau(   4) = (   0.8852312  -0.2186200   1.7818541
 )
         5           W   tau(   5) = (   0.3852312   0.5863722   1.7711498
 )
         6           W   tau(   6) = (   0.8852312   0.5863722   1.7711498
 )
         7           W   tau(   7) = (   0.3852312   0.0467592   1.7711498
 )
         8           W   tau(   8) = (   0.8852312   0.0467592   1.7711498
 )
         9           N   tau(   9) = (   0.1352313   0.6443508   1.7374686
 )
        10           N   tau(  10) = (   0.6352312   0.6443508   1.7374686
 )
        11           N   tau(  11) = (   0.1352313   0.1047377   1.7374686
 )
        12           N   tau(  12) = (   0.6352312   0.1047377   1.7374686
 )
        13           W   tau(  13) = (   0.1352313   0.3648474   1.7311320
 )
        14           W   tau(  14) = (   0.6352312   0.3648474   1.7311320
 )
        15           W   tau(  15) = (   0.1352313  -0.1747656   1.7311320
 )
        16           W   tau(  16) = (   0.6352312  -0.1747656   1.7311320
 )
        17           N   tau(  17) = (   0.3852312   0.6408628   1.5167330
 )
        18           N   tau(  18) = (   0.8852312   0.6408628   1.5167330
 )
        19           N   tau(  19) = (   0.3852312   0.1012498   1.5167330
 )
        20           N   tau(  20) = (   0.8852312   0.1012498   1.5167330
 )
        21           W   tau(  21) = (   0.3852312   0.3666288   1.5060287
 )
        22           W   tau(  22) = (   0.8852312   0.3666288   1.5060287
 )
        23           W   tau(  23) = (   0.3852312  -0.1729842   1.5060287
 )
        24           W   tau(  24) = (   0.8852312  -0.1729842   1.5060287
 )
        25           N   tau(  25) = (   0.1352313   0.4246075   1.4723475
 )
        26           N   tau(  26) = (   0.6352312   0.4246075   1.4723475
 )
        27           N   tau(  27) = (   0.1352313  -0.1150055   1.4723475
 )
        28           N   tau(  28) = (   0.6352312  -0.1150055   1.4723475
 )
        29           W   tau(  29) = (   0.1352313   0.6847172   1.4660107
 )
        30           W   tau(  30) = (   0.6352312   0.6847172   1.4660107
 )
        31           W   tau(  31) = (   0.1352313   0.1451041   1.4660107
 )
        32           W   tau(  32) = (   0.6352312   0.1451041   1.4660107
 )
        33           N   tau(  33) = (   0.3852312   0.4211194   1.2516118
 )
        34           N   tau(  34) = (   0.8852312   0.4211194   1.2516118
 )
        35           N   tau(  35) = (   0.3852312  -0.1184936   1.2516118
 )
        36           N   tau(  36) = (   0.8852312  -0.1184936   1.2516118
 )
        37           W   tau(  37) = (   0.3852312   0.6864986   1.2409076
 )
        38           W   tau(  38) = (   0.8852312   0.6864986   1.2409076
 )
        39           W   tau(  39) = (   0.3852312   0.1468856   1.2409076
 )
        40           W   tau(  40) = (   0.8852312   0.1468856   1.2409076
 )
        41           N   tau(  41) = (   0.1352313   0.7444773   1.2072262
 )
        42           N   tau(  42) = (   0.6352312   0.7444773   1.2072262
 )
        43           N   tau(  43) = (   0.1352313   0.2048643   1.2072262
 )
        44           N   tau(  44) = (   0.6352312   0.2048643   1.2072262
 )
        45           W   tau(  45) = (   0.1352313   0.4649739   1.2008896
 )
        46           W   tau(  46) = (   0.6352312   0.4649739   1.2008896
 )
        47           W   tau(  47) = (   0.1352313  -0.0746391   1.2008896
 )
        48           W   tau(  48) = (   0.6352312  -0.0746391   1.2008896
 )

     number of k points=     4  gaussian smearing, width (Ry)=  0.0200
                       cart. coord. in units 2pi/alat
        k(    1) = (   0.0000000   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.2500000
        k(    2) = (   0.0000000  -0.4632949  -0.0874821), wk =   0.2500000
        k(    3) = (  -0.5000000   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =   0.2500000
        k(    4) = (  -0.5000000  -0.4632949  -0.0874821), wk =   0.2500000

     Dense  grid:  2194297 G-vectors     FFT dimensions: ( 120, 120, 360)

     Smooth grid:   606291 G-vectors     FFT dimensions: (  72,  80, 216)

     Estimated max dynamical RAM per process >      75.34MB

     Estimated total allocated dynamical RAM >   14464.36MB
     Generating pointlists ...
     new r_m :   0.1068 (alat units)  1.6801 (a.u.) for type    1
     new r_m :   0.1068 (alat units)  1.6801 (a.u.) for type    2

     Initial potential from superposition of free atoms
     Check: negative starting charge=(component1):   -0.001367
     Check: negative starting charge=(component2):   -0.000912

     starting charge  455.98646, renormalised to  456.00000

     negative rho (up, down):  1.367E-03 9.115E-04
     Starting wfc are  408 randomized atomic wfcs +   82 random wfc
     Checking if some PAW data can be deallocated...

     total cpu time spent up to now is       11.8 secs

     per-process dynamical memory:   111.1 Mb

     Self-consistent Calculation

     iteration #  1     ecut=    50.39 Ry     beta=0.16
     Davidson diagonalization with overlap
     ethr =  1.00E-02,  avg # of iterations =  6.4

     negative rho (up, down):  1.815E-04 7.397E-05

     total cpu time spent up to now is       91.7 secs

     total energy              =  -18922.62699425 Ry
     Harris-Foulkes estimate   =  -18923.50326373 Ry
     estimated scf accuracy    <      18.35022984 Ry

     total magnetization       =    17.52 Bohr mag/cell
     absolute magnetization    =    21.04 Bohr mag/cell

     iteration #  2     ecut=    50.39 Ry     beta=0.16
     Davidson diagonalization with overlap
     ethr =  4.02E-03,  avg # of iterations =  1.0

     negative rho (up, down):  2.600E-01 2.782E-01

     total cpu time spent up to now is      124.8 secs

     total energy              =  -18920.61522629 Ry
     Harris-Foulkes estimate   =  -18922.77912017 Ry
     estimated scf accuracy    <      11.59887509 Ry

     total magnetization       =    16.77 Bohr mag/cell
     absolute magnetization    =    20.11 Bohr mag/cell

     iteration #  3     ecut=    50.39 Ry     beta=0.16
     Davidson diagonalization with overlap
     ethr =  2.54E-03,  avg # of iterations =  1.4

     negative rho (up, down):  1.835E-01 2.099E-01

     total cpu time spent up to now is      157.9 secs

     total energy              =  -18922.16475654 Ry
     Harris-Foulkes estimate   =  -18922.19366580 Ry
     estimated scf accuracy    <       1.17725139 Ry

     total magnetization       =    12.59 Bohr mag/cell
     absolute magnetization    =    13.91 Bohr mag/cell

.....

iteration #519     ecut=    50.39 Ry     beta=0.16
     Davidson diagonalization with overlap
     ethr =  8.38E-10,  avg # of iterations =  2.0

     negative rho (up, down):  4.807E-02 8.736E-02

     total cpu time spent up to now is    25760.8 secs

     total energy              =  -18922.33525065 Ry
     Harris-Foulkes estimate   =  -18922.33934098 Ry
     estimated scf accuracy    <       0.00032491 Ry

     total magnetization       =     2.80 Bohr mag/cell
     absolute magnetization    =     5.59 Bohr mag/cell

     iteration #520     ecut=    50.39 Ry     beta=0.16
     Davidson diagonalization with overlap
     ethr =  8.38E-10,  avg # of iterations =  5.0

     negative rho (up, down):  4.734E-02 8.750E-02

     total cpu time spent up to now is    25836.4 secs

     total energy              =  -18922.33845071 Ry
     Harris-Foulkes estimate   =  -18922.33845795 Ry
     estimated scf accuracy    <       0.00029607 Ry

     total magnetization       =     3.49 Bohr mag/cell
     absolute magnetization    =     5.60 Bohr mag/cell

     iteration #521     ecut=    50.39 Ry     beta=0.16
     Davidson diagonalization with overlap
     ethr =  8.38E-10,  avg # of iterations =  3.0

     negative rho (up, down):  4.659E-02 8.729E-02

     total cpu time spent up to now is    25883.8 secs

     total energy              =  -18922.33852878 Ry
     Harris-Foulkes estimate   =  -18922.33847917 Ry
     estimated scf accuracy    <       0.00032948 Ry

     total magnetization       =     3.55 Bohr mag/cell
     absolute magnetization    =     5.62 Bohr mag/cell

     iteration #522     ecut=    50.39 Ry     beta=0.16
     Davidson diagonalization with overlap
     ethr =  8.38E-10,  avg # of iterations =  2.5

     negative rho (up, down):  4.530E-02 8.190E-02

     total cpu time spent up to now is    25922.4 secs

     total energy              =  -18922.33802807 Ry
     Harris-Foulkes estimate   =  -18922.33853778 Ry
     estimated scf accuracy    <       0.00039280 Ry

     total magnetization       =     3.58 Bohr mag/cell
     absolute magnetization    =     5.64 Bohr mag/cell

     iteration #523     ecut=    50.39 Ry     beta=0.16
     Davidson diagonalization with overlap
     ethr =  8.38E-10,  avg # of iterations =  4.6

     negative rho (up, down):  4.528E-02 8.146E-02

     total cpu time spent up to now is    25982.9 secs

     total energy              =  -18922.33916064 Ry
     Harris-Foulkes estimate   =  -18922.33912989 Ry
     estimated scf accuracy    <       0.00026667 Ry

     total magnetization       =     3.19 Bohr mag/cell
     absolute magnetization    =     5.58 Bohr mag/cell

     iteration #524     ecut=    50.39 Ry     beta=0.16
     Davidson diagonalization with overlap
     ethr =  8.38E-10,  avg # of iterations =  2.1

     negative rho (up, down):  4.556E-02 8.074E-02

     total cpu time spent up to now is    26025.7 secs

     total energy              =  -18922.33919903 Ry
     Harris-Foulkes estimate   =  -18922.33916652 Ry
     estimated scf accuracy    <       0.00025649 Ry

     total magnetization       =     3.16 Bohr mag/cell
     absolute magnetization    =     5.58 Bohr mag/cell

     iteration #525     ecut=    50.39 Ry     beta=0.16
     Davidson diagonalization with overlap
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