[QE-users] users Digest, Vol 160, Issue 7

Ashis Kundu ashiskundu174 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 10 20:02:34 CET 2020


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>    1. Re: Mismatch between k-points from scf.out and q-point from
>       system.dyn0 (Paolo Giannozzi)
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> Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2020 19:14:02 +0100
> From: Paolo Giannozzi <p.giannozzi at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [QE-users] Mismatch between k-points from scf.out and
>         q-point from system.dyn0
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> On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 11:14 PM Ashis Kundu <ashiskundu174 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Why is there a mismatch between k-points from SCF  and q-point from
> > system.dyn0 (phonon calculation)?
> > [...] Ideally they should be the same
> >
>
> they are the same, but the algorithms for generation and selection of the
> irreducible sector are different for the two grids so the ordering and sign
> may differ. Each of the points in the first set is either equal to or
> equivalent to a point of the second set.


I understand it, but I have never encountered this mismatch (though not
really) before where the system has a different ibrav number than 7.

>
>
Please let me know if I am doing something wrong.
> >
>
> you aren't doing anything wrong. Or maybe you are: the scf input you sent
> cannot produce the k-point grid you listed
>

Sorry I have given the wrong k-mesh. Actually, I generated the listed
k-points using 3x3x3.



Best regards,
Ashis

>
> >
> > The k-points generated from SCF
> >
> >     number of k points=     8  Methfessel-Paxton smearing, width (Ry)=
> >  0.0200
> >                        cart. coord. in units 2pi/alat
> >         k(    1) = (   0.0000000   0.0000000   0.0000000), wk =
>  0.0740741
> >         k(    2) = (  -0.3333333   0.0000000   0.0977788), wk =
>  0.2962963
> >         k(    3) = (  -0.3333333   0.3333333   0.1955577), wk =
>  0.5925926
> >         k(    4) = (   0.3333333   0.3333333  -0.0000000), wk =
>  0.2962963
> >         k(    5) = (   0.0000000   0.0000000   0.1955577), wk =
>  0.1481481
> >         k(    6) = (   0.6666667   0.0000000  -0.0000000), wk =
>  0.1481481
> >         k(    7) = (   0.0000000  -0.3333333  -0.0977788), wk =
>  0.2962963
> >         k(    8) = (   0.0000000   0.6666667   0.0000000), wk =
>  0.1481481
> >
> > q-point from phonon calculations (a mesh of 3x3x3 is used)
> >
> > 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000
> > -0.33333333 0.00000000 0.09777884
> > 0.00000000 0.33333333 0.09777884
> > -0.33333333 0.33333333 0.19555767
> > 0.33333333 0.33333333 -0.00000000
> > 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.19555767
> > 0.66666667 0.00000000 -0.00000000
> > 0.00000000 -0.66666667 -0.00000000
> >
> > Below are the SCF and phonon input file
> >
> > scf.in
> > -----
> > &control
> >     calculation     = 'scf'
> >     prefix          = 'TaP'
> >     pseudo_dir      = '../pp'
> >     outdir          = './'
> >     wf_collect      = .true.
> >     tprnfor         = .true.
> >     tstress         = .true.
> >  /
> >  &system
> >     ibrav           = 7
> >     celldm(1)       = 6.173529611
> >     celldm(3)       = 3.409054
> >     nat             = 4
> >     ntyp            = 2
> >     ecutwfc         = 100
> >     occupations     = 'smearing'
> >     smearing        = 'mp'
> >     degauss         = 0.02
> >  /
> >  &electrons
> >     diagonalization = 'david'
> >     mixing_beta     = 0.7
> >     conv_thr        = 1.0d-10
> >  /
> > ATOMIC_SPECIES
> >   Ta  180.948 Ta.pw-mt_fhi.UPF
> >   P   30.974  P.pw-mt_fhi.UPF
> > ATOMIC_POSITIONS {alat}
> > Ta   0.0000000   0.0000000  -0.0044625
> > Ta   0.0000000   0.5000000   0.8478074
> > P    0.0000000   0.0000000   1.4178478
> > P    0.5000000   0.0000000   0.5655748
> > K_POINTS {automatic}
> >  15 15 15  0 0 0
> >
> > ph.in
> > ----
> > phonon
> > &inputph
> >   prefix   = 'TaP'
> >   fildyn   = 'TaP.dyn'
> >   fildvscf = 'dvscf'
> >   ldisp    = .true.
> >   epsil    = .false.
> >   nq1 = 3
> >   nq2 = 3
> >   nq3 = 3
> >   tr2_ph   =  1.0d-14
> >  /
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Ashis
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