[DFTB-Plus-User] Printing of Dipole Moment

Saleh Md Abu saleh.md.abu.314 at s.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Thu Jun 8 02:40:22 CEST 2023


Dear concern,
I have recently updated DFTB+ 20.1 to DFTB+ 22.2. After that, I ran an NPT simulation of 50 water molecules and got a warning message; Dipole moment is not defined absolutely!. I ran the same simulation in the previous version but didn't see any warning message of dipole moment.  I do not understand the meaning of this warning. I am afraid I have prepared poor systems, or is there something wrong with my systems?

Can anyone help me in this regard?
Thanks and best regards,
Saleh

Input file as below
Geometry = genFormat {
  <<< "geometry.gen"
}

Driver = VelocityVerlet{
  TimeStep [fs] = 1.0
  Thermostat = NoseHoover {
    Temperature [Kelvin] = 300
    CouplingStrength [cm^-1] = 3200
  }
  Barostat = {
    Pressure = 3.44396E-09
#    Coupling
    Timescale = 10.0
  }
  Steps = 1000000
  MovedAtoms = 1:-1
  MDRestartFrequency = 100
}

Hamiltonian = DFTB {
  Scc = Yes
  MaxSCCIterations = 2000
  MaxAngularMomentum {
    O = "p"
    H = "s"
#    C = "p"
#    N = "p"
#    Cl = "d"
#    S = "d"
#    P = "d"
  }
#  Charge = 1.0
  SlaterKosterFiles = Type2FileNames {    # File names with two atom type names
    Prefix = "~/3ob-3-1/"    # Prefix before first type name
    Separator = "-"                     # Dash between type names
    Suffix = ".skf"                     # Suffix after second type name
  }
  ThirdOrderFull = Yes
  HubbardDerivs {
#    C = -0.1492
    H = -0.1857
    O = -0.1575
#    N = -0.1535
#    Cl = -0.0697
#    S = -0.11
#    P = -0.14
  }
  HCorrection = H5 {
    RScaling = 0.68
    WScaling = 0.23
    H5Scaling {
      O = 0.045
#      N = 0.0675
    }
  }
  Dispersion = DftD3 {
    Damping = ZeroDamping {
      sr6 = 1.25 #3OB
      alpha6 = 29.61 #3OB
    }
    s6 = 1.0
    s8 = 0.49 # 3OB
    HHRepulsion = Yes
  }
  SCCTolerance = 1e-4

  Mixer = Anderson {
    MixingParameter = 0.05
    Generations = 8
  }

  Solver = DivideAndConquer {}

  Filling = Fermi {
    Temperature [Kelvin] = 1000.0
  }

  KPointsAndWeights = {
   0.000000000000E+000 0.000000000000E+000 0.000000000000E+000   1.00000000000
  }

}

Options {
  WriteChargesAsText = Yes
}


Analysis {
  CalculateForces = Yes
}

ParserOptions {
  ParserVersion = 8
}

#Parallel {
#  Groups = 4
#  UseOmpThreads = Yes
#}

Part of the output as below
MD step: 10100
 Nose-Hoover chain variables
 x:
    0.9709126675E+00    0.5095393583E+01   -0.1201993198E+02
 v:
    0.1172380185E-03   -0.6143591866E-04   -0.9400160624E-03
 g:
   -0.5122282026E-06    0.7590791869E-06   -0.5381051028E-05
Lattice vectors (A)
          0.11511686E+02          0.00000000E+00          0.00000000E+00
          0.00000000E+00          0.11511686E+02          0.00000000E+00
          0.00000000E+00          0.00000000E+00          0.11511686E+02
Volume:                              0.102947E+05 au^3   0.152552E+04 A^3
Pressure:                           -0.435908E-05 au    -0.128249E+09 Pa
Gibbs free energy:                -203.6228907991 H        -5540.8608 eV
Gibbs free energy including KE:   -203.4334648600 H        -5535.7062 eV
Potential Energy:                 -203.6229262537 H        -5540.8617 eV
MD Kinetic Energy:                   0.1894259385 H            5.1545 eV
Total MD Energy:                  -203.4335003152 H        -5535.7072 eV
MD Temperature:                      0.0008475433 au         267.6327 K
Warning: dipole moment is not defined absolutely!
Dipole moment:  -16.09138492  -13.84621712    3.59721433 au
Dipole moment:  -40.90022412  -35.19357631    9.14320756 Debye
MD step: 10200
 Nose-Hoover chain variables
 x:
    0.9443649828E+00    0.6825341898E+01   -0.1345300994E+02
 v:
    0.1130087503E-03    0.5289183249E-03   -0.1920912684E-02
 g:
   -0.2748048030E-06    0.3238016101E-06   -0.5105070806E-05
Lattice vectors (A)
          0.11516625E+02          0.00000000E+00          0.00000000E+00
          0.00000000E+00          0.11516625E+02          0.00000000E+00
          0.00000000E+00          0.00000000E+00          0.11516625E+02
Volume:                              0.103079E+05 au^3   0.152748E+04 A^3
Pressure:                            0.149716E-06 au     0.440480E+07 Pa
Gibbs free energy:                -203.6199934071 H        -5540.7819 eV
Gibbs free energy including KE:   -203.4232467089 H        -5535.4282 eV
Potential Energy:                 -203.6200289073 H        -5540.7829 eV
MD Kinetic Energy:                   0.1967466983 H            5.3538 eV
Total MD Energy:                  -203.4232822090 H        -5535.4291 eV
MD Temperature:                      0.0008802984 au         277.9759 K
Warning: dipole moment is not defined absolutely!
Dipole moment:   -9.66148980  -15.98281037   -0.30577511 au
Dipole moment:  -24.55705956  -40.62425512   -0.77720286 Debye
MD step: 10300
 Nose-Hoover chain variables
 x:
    0.8823886131E+00    0.8379095854E+01   -0.1387168258E+02
 v:
    0.1058884319E-03   -0.9580387030E-03    0.9837814733E-03
 g:
    0.7523473872E-07   -0.3729004755E-06   -0.4466987244E-05
Lattice vectors (A)
          0.11528007E+02          0.00000000E+00          0.00000000E+00
          0.00000000E+00          0.11528007E+02          0.00000000E+00
          0.00000000E+00          0.00000000E+00          0.11528007E+02
Volume:                              0.103385E+05 au^3   0.153201E+04 A^3
Pressure:                           -0.152318E-04 au    -0.448135E+09 Pa
Gibbs free energy:                -203.6052263574 H        -5540.3801 eV
Gibbs free energy including KE:   -203.3982624316 H        -5534.7483 eV
Potential Energy:                 -203.6052619629 H        -5540.3811 eV
MD Kinetic Energy:                   0.2069639236 H            5.6318 eV
Total MD Energy:                  -203.3982980394 H        -5534.7493 eV
MD Temperature:                      0.0009260131 au         292.4115 K
Warning: dipole moment is not defined absolutely!
Dipole moment:  -12.68722536  -22.05729297   17.53312324 au
Dipole moment:  -32.24771287  -56.06405106   44.56475768 Debye
MD step: 10400
 Nose-Hoover chain variables
 x:
    0.8346498308E+00    0.6569701582E+01   -0.1188304703E+02
 v:
   -0.1442483628E-04    0.7331923441E-03    0.6808164405E-03
 g:
    0.1603784843E-06   -0.5291815472E-05   -0.4847254387E-05
Lattice vectors (A)
          0.11532605E+02          0.00000000E+00          0.00000000E+00
          0.00000000E+00          0.11532605E+02          0.00000000E+00
          0.00000000E+00          0.00000000E+00          0.11532605E+02
Volume:                              0.103509E+05 au^3   0.153385E+04 A^3
Pressure:                            0.977452E-05 au     0.287576E+09 Pa
Gibbs free energy:                -203.5923194080 H        -5540.0289 eV
Gibbs free energy including KE:   -203.3778966071 H        -5534.1941 eV
Potential Energy:                 -203.5923550562 H        -5540.0299 eV
MD Kinetic Energy:                   0.2144228023 H            5.8347 eV
Total MD Energy:                  -203.3779322538 H        -5534.1951 eV
MD Temperature:                      0.0009593861 au         302.9498 K
Warning: dipole moment is not defined absolutely!
Dipole moment:   -0.26787305    0.89270894   16.61393390 au
Dipole moment:   -0.68086544    2.26903997   42.22841124 Debye
MD step: 10500
 Nose-Hoover chain variables
 x:
    0.9051690473E+00    0.7504479737E+01   -0.1183789952E+02
 v:
    0.3205883830E-04   -0.2075510106E-02   -0.9431590510E-03
 g:
   -0.8509819391E-07   -0.4925412607E-05   -0.1077083201E-05
Lattice vectors (A)
          0.11540175E+02          0.00000000E+00          0.00000000E+00
          0.00000000E+00          0.11540175E+02          0.00000000E+00
          0.00000000E+00          0.00000000E+00          0.11540175E+02
Volume:                              0.103713E+05 au^3   0.153687E+04 A^3
Pressure:                           -0.468445E-06 au    -0.137821E+08 Pa
Gibbs free energy:                -203.6140395857 H        -5540.6199 eV
Gibbs free energy including KE:   -203.4081380876 H        -5535.0171 eV
Potential Energy:                 -203.6140753041 H        -5540.6209 eV
MD Kinetic Energy:                   0.2059014980 H            5.6029 eV
Total MD Energy:                  -203.4081738061 H        -5535.0180 eV
MD Temperature:                      0.0009212595 au         290.9104 K
Warning: dipole moment is not defined absolutely!
Dipole moment:   -4.06856578  -13.63431827   14.24332489 au
Dipole moment:  -10.34126354  -34.65498313   36.20292366 Debye
MD step: 10600
 Nose-Hoover chain variables
 x:
    0.9056278317E+00    0.6487463254E+01   -0.1048597708E+02
 v:
    0.8879065586E-04    0.4594279028E-02    0.2246002129E-03
 g:
   -0.4339333373E-06   -0.1860775486E-05    0.1572257438E-04
Lattice vectors (A)
          0.11540304E+02          0.00000000E+00          0.00000000E+00
          0.00000000E+00          0.11540304E+02          0.00000000E+00
          0.00000000E+00          0.00000000E+00          0.11540304E+02
Volume:                              0.103717E+05 au^3   0.153692E+04 A^3
Pressure:                           -0.262813E-05 au    -0.773222E+08 Pa
Gibbs free energy:                -203.6008275147 H        -5540.2604 eV
Gibbs free energy including KE:   -203.4105803559 H        -5535.0835 eV
Potential Energy:                 -203.6008632343 H        -5540.2614 eV
MD Kinetic Energy:                   0.1902471584 H            5.1769 eV
Total MD Energy:                  -203.4106160759 H        -5535.0845 eV
MD Temperature:                      0.0008512177 au         268.7930 K
Warning: dipole moment is not defined absolutely!
Dipole moment:    7.22136767  -16.73774786   -7.02930762 au
Dipole moment:   18.35488726  -42.54311496  -17.86671928 Debye

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