[QE-users] Error in routine phq_readin

Mauro Sgroi maurofrancesco.sgroi at gmail.com
Tue May 11 15:12:07 CEST 2021


Dear Lorenzo,
I've resent the calculation with fixed occupations.
It is working now.
Thanks a lot and best regards,
Mauro Sgroi.

Il giorno lun 10 mag 2021 alle ore 22:58 Lorenzo Paulatto <paulatz at gmail.com>
ha scritto:

> Hello,
> I suspect you cannot do Raman with tetrahedra, i.e. only
> occupations="fixed" works. If you really need to use tetrahedra to have the
> scf converge, I think you may follow it with an nscf calculation with fixed
> occupation. There is a risk getting some divergency in the Raman tensor,
> but   if the CPU time is not prohibitive, it is worth a try.
>
> cheers
>
> --
> Lorenzo Paulatto - Paris
> On May 10 2021, at 10:48 pm, Mauro Sgroi <maurofrancesco.sgroi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Dear QE users,
> I'm trying to calculate the Raman response of the cubic Li2TiS3 material.
> I'm using LDA, NC pseudopotentials and the tetrahedra method.
> When I run ph.x I get the error message:
>
> Error in routine phq_readin (1):
> no elec. field with metals
>
> even if I'm not using a smearing and I set epsil=.false.
>
> Below are my input files.
> Could please give me advice?
>
> Thank you and best regards,
> Mauro Sgroi
> Centro Ricerche FIAT
> Italy
>
> Normal modes for LTS
>  &inputph
>   prefix='LTS'
>   outdir='/workhpc/FCA/FCA_CRF_STRUT/sgroi/tmp/LTS'
>   fildyn='dmat.lts'
>   amass(1)=6.941
>   amass(2)=47.867
>   amass(3)=32.06
>   tr2_ph=1.0d-14
>   epsil=.false.
>   lraman=.true.
>   trans=.true.
>   asr=.true.
>  /
>  0.0 0.0 0.0
>
>
> &CONTROL
>                        title = 'Li2TiS3'
>                   pseudo_dir =
> '/workhpc/FCA/FCA_CRF_STRUT/sgroi/DATABASE/ESPRESSO/ONCV'
>                       prefix = 'LTS'
>                      outdir  = '/workhpc/FCA/FCA_CRF_STRUT/sgroi/tmp/LTS'
>                  calculation = 'scf'
>                      disk_io = 'default'
>  /
>  &SYSTEM
>                        ibrav = 0
>                            A = 10.736
>                          nat = 54
>                         ntyp = 3
>                      ecutwfc = 100
>                      ecutrho = 400
>                  occupations = 'tetrahedra_opt'
>                    input_dft = 'LDA'
>
>  /
>  &ELECTRONS
>             electron_maxstep = 200
>                     conv_thr = 1.0D-9
>                  startingpot = 'atomic'
>                  startingwfc = 'atomic'
>                  mixing_mode = 'plain'
>                  mixing_beta = 0.1
>              diagonalization = 'david'
>             diago_david_ndim = 4
>  /
>
> ATOMIC_SPECIES
>  Li  6.941 Li_ONCV_PBE-1.2.upf
>  Ti 47.867 Ti_ONCV_PBE-1.2.upf
>  S  32.06  S_ONCV_PBE-1.2.upf
>
> K_POINTS {automatic}
> 5 5 5 1 1 1
>
> CELL_PARAMETERS {alat}
> 0.000000   0.707107   0.707107
> 0.707107   0.000000   0.707107
> 0.707107   0.707107   0.000000
>
> ATOMIC_POSITIONS {CRYSTAL}
> S             0.1593887455        0.1593887455        0.1593887455
> S             0.8333333130        0.8333333130        0.8333333130
> S             0.1714035391        0.1714035391        0.4952631329
> S             0.8333333130        0.8333333130        0.4946417274
> S             0.1714035391        0.4952631329        0.1714035391
> S             0.8333333130        0.4946417274        0.8333333130
> S             0.4952631329        0.1714035391        0.1714035391
> S             0.4946417274        0.8333333130        0.8333333130
> S             0.1720249296        0.8333333130        0.8333333130
> S             0.4952631329        0.1714035391        0.4952631329
> S             0.1720249296        0.8333333130        0.4946417274
> S             0.4952631329        0.4952631329        0.1714035391
> S             0.1720249296        0.4946417274        0.8333333130
> S             0.8551670924        0.1593887455        0.1593887455
> S             0.8333333130        0.1720249296        0.8333333130
> S             0.1714035391        0.4952631329        0.4952631329
> S             0.8333333130        0.1720249296        0.4946417274
> S             0.1593887455        0.8551670924        0.1593887455
> S             0.4946417274        0.1720249296        0.8333333130
> S             0.8333333130        0.8333333130        0.1720249296
> S             0.1593887455        0.1593887455        0.8551670924
> S             0.8333333130        0.4946417274        0.1720249296
> S             0.4946417274        0.8333333130        0.1720249296
> S             0.5072779265        0.5072779265        0.8114995336
> S             0.8114995336        0.5072779265        0.5072779265
> S             0.5072779265        0.8114995336        0.5072779265
> S             0.5072779265        0.5072779265        0.5072779265
> Ti           -0.0050323800       -0.0050323800       -0.0050323800
> Ti            0.3484304831       -0.0050323800       -0.0050323800
> Ti           -0.0050323800        0.3484304831       -0.0050323800
> Ti           -0.0050323800       -0.0050323800        0.3484304831
> Ti            0.6716990670        0.6716990670        0.3182362029
> Ti            0.3182362029        0.6716990670        0.6716990670
> Ti            0.6716990670        0.3182362029        0.6716990670
> Ti            0.6716990670        0.6716990670        0.6716990670
> Ti            0.3333333430        0.3333333430        0.3333333430
> Li            0.3333333430        0.3333333430        0.6458068818
> Li            0.6458068818        0.3333333430        0.3333333430
> Li            0.3333333430        0.6458068818        0.3333333430
> Li            0.0208598052        0.6458068818        0.3333333430
> Li            0.0208598052        0.3333333430        0.3333333430
> Li            0.0208598052        0.3333333430        0.6458068818
> Li            0.6458068818        0.0208598052        0.3333333430
> Li            0.3333333430        0.0208598052        0.6458068818
> Li            0.3333333430        0.0208598052        0.3333333430
> Li            0.3333333430        0.3333333430        0.0208598052
> Li            0.3333333430        0.6458068818        0.0208598052
> Li            0.6458068818        0.3333333430        0.0208598052
> Li            0.6721036660       -0.0054369790       -0.0054369790
> Li           -0.0054369790        0.6721036660       -0.0054369790
> Li           -0.0054369790       -0.0054369790        0.6721036660
> Li            0.6721036660       -0.0054369790        0.6721036660
> Li            0.6721036660        0.6721036660       -0.0054369790
> Li           -0.0054369790        0.6721036660        0.6721036660
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