[DFTB-Plus-User] Fwd: SCC convergence problem for cluster calculation

R.Perez Garcia r.perez.garcia at student.rug.nl
Wed Oct 17 07:37:29 CEST 2012


Dear Anjali Singh,
Did you try to add a convergence criteria?
  SCC = Yes

  SCCTolerance = 1e-005
Best regards: Rodrigo

On 17-10-12, Anjali Singh  <anjalisinghromi at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I am trying to relax cluster of atoms. My input file is given below
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> Geometry = GenFormat {    <<< "input.gen"
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> Driver = ConjugateGradient {
>     MovedAtoms = 1:-1
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>     MaxSteps = 500
>     #LatticeOpt= Yes
>     OutputPrefix = "geom.out"
>     AppendGeometries = Yes
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> Hamiltonian = DFTB {
>     SCC = Yes
>     MaxSCCIterations = 5000
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>     # ReadInitialCharges = Yes
>     Mixer = Broyden{
>         MixingParameter = 0.001
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>     SlaterKosterFiles = Type2FileNames {
>         Prefix = "./S_Kfiles/"
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>         Separator = "-"
>         Suffix = ".skf"
>         LowerCaseTypeName = No
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>     MaxAngularMomentum {
>         B  = "p"
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>         N  = "p"
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>     Filling = Fermi {
>         Temperature [Kelvin] = 10
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> Options {
> #    CalculateForces = Yes
>     WriteEigenVectors = Yes
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>     WriteDetailedXML = Yes
>   WriteDetailedXML = Yes
>     WriteResultsTag = Yes
>     AtomResolvedEnergies = Yes
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> ParserOptions {
>     ParserVersion = 4
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> I changed different parameters and every time  I am getting following error:
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>  Total Energy:                    -248.4588299166 H
>  Total Mermin free energy:        -248.4588299166 H
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> ERROR!
> -> SCC is NOT converged, maximal SCC iterations exceeded
> It would be really great if somebody can help me. I will thankful for that.
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> With Thanks and Regards
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> Anjali Singh
> Material Theory Group
> Theoretical Science Unit
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> Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
> Jakkur,Bangalore 560 064
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> email id : anjalisinghromi at gmail.com
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> phone no:+91-89703-58107(tel:%2B91-89703-58107)
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