[CP2K-user] [CP2K:11071] Generate the GTH pseudopotential by ATOM

hut... at chem.uzh.ch hut... at chem.uzh.ch
Fri Dec 21 09:11:54 UTC 2018


Hi

as said before, there is no unique solution to the problem.
I gave you the parameters I use, but you can change them at your
will. Use what works best for you.
Yes, I also use frequent restarts with adjustments of parameters.

regards

Juerg Hutter
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Date: 12/21/2018 07:09AM
Subject: Re: [CP2K:11071] Generate the GTH pseudopotential by ATOM

Hi Hutter,
  Thank you! I try to change the STEP_SIZE and MAX_FUN. I use the optimal parameter, and it can work.
  There is another problem. We will choose a series parameters as initial guess for pseudopotential optimization. Then we use the so-called optimal STEP_SIZE and MAX_FUN. But we always need to restart the optimization using the pseudopotential parameter of previous step as initial guess. Do we still use the same STEP_SIZE and MAX_FUN? I just use the same value. But I think we need to use adaptive STEP_SIZE. I know it is very hard to change the STEP_SIZE for each restart.
  By the way, I think we should also test the weight for each item in objective function.
  With my best regards,
  Zhi  

在 2018年12月19日星期三 UTC-8上午12:45:36,jgh写道:Hi 
 
as I said in the last comment - it is an art - to choose the 
best parameter. You need some experience to get "optimal" 
performance/convergence.  
I usually play with these parameters 
 
     STEP_SIZE  0.08  
     MAX_INIT   50  
     MAX_FUN    250  
     STEP_SIZE_SCALING  0.90  
 
Start with large STEP_SIZE (0.1) and small MAX_FUN (50-100) 
and end with small STEP_SIZE (0.00001) and large MAX_FUN(5000). 
 
regards 
 
Juerg Hutter 
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Juerg Hutter                         Phone : ++41 44 635 4491 
Institut für Chemie C                FAX   : ++41 44 635 6838 
Universität Zürich                   E-mail: hut... at chem.uzh.ch 
Winterthurerstrasse 190 
CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland 
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From: ning... at gmail.com 
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Date: 12/18/2018 08:15PM 
Subject: Re: [CP2K:11058] Generate the GTH pseudopotential by ATOM 
 
Hi Hutter, 
  I find I need to restart the optimization for many times. It always needs 5000 restarting calculations using previous step GTH parameters. This process is so slow. How can I speed up this process? 
  With my best regards, 
  Zhi 
 
在 2018年12月12日星期三 UTC-8下午11:56:59,jgh写道:Hi  
  
for many atoms you have to restart the optimization frequently  
until you reach sufficient convergence.   
For the restart you copy the GTH-PARAMETER to your input.  
Optimization is a kind of art. Choosing the parameter in the   
POWELL section is important for good performance. Still, it takes  
me often several 10'000 steps to reach reasonable results.  
  
regards  
  
Juerg Hutter  
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Juerg Hutter                         Phone : ++41 44 635 4491  
Institut für Chemie C                FAX   : ++41 44 635 6838  
Universität Zürich                   E-mail: hut... at chem.uzh.ch  
Winterthurerstrasse 190  
CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland  
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From: ning... at gmail.com  
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Date: 12/12/2018 06:39PM  
Subject: Re: [CP2K:11046] Generate the GTH pseudopotential by ATOM  
  
Hi Hutter,  
  Thank you! I use your input file to generate the pseudopotential of Ti and I can reproduce your result. But I still have a question, the initial guess is nearly same with the final optimized pseudopotential. How can we get the better initial guess? These parameters include the R^cut and coefficients in non-local part and R^cut for each channel and h^ij coefficients in the local part.  
  With my best regards,  
  Zhi  
  
在 2018年12月12日星期三 UTC-8上午12:08:27,jgh写道:Hi   
   
the optimization of GTH pseudos is not unique. Depending on your   
object function, starting point and convergence you can get rather   
different results. The performance of all these different pseudos   
should be rather similar though.   
There are also elements that can be tricky to get and many repeated   
optimizations and some 'magic' is needed to get good results.   
   
This is a generic input I am currently using to optimize potentials:   
   
&GLOBAL   
  PROGRAM_NAME ATOM   
&END GLOBAL   
&ATOM   
  ELEMENT Ti   
   
  RUN_TYPE PSEUDOPOTENTIAL_OPTIMIZATION   
   
  ELECTRON_CONFIGURATION  [Ne] 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d2   
  CORE [Ne]   
  MAX_ANGULAR_MOMENTUM 3   
   
  &METHOD   
     METHOD_TYPE  KOHN-SHAM   
     RELATIVISTIC DKH(3)   
     &XC   
       &XC_FUNCTIONAL   
         &LIBXC   
          FUNCTIONAL MGGA_X_SCAN   
         &END LIBXC   
         &LIBXC   
           FUNCTIONAL MGGA_C_SCAN   
         &END LIBXC   
       &END XC_FUNCTIONAL   
     &END XC   
  &END METHOD   
  &OPTIMIZATION   
    EPS_SCF 1.e-7   
  &END   
  &AE_BASIS   
     BASIS_TYPE GEOMETRICAL_GTO   
  &END AE_BASIS   
  &PP_BASIS   
     BASIS_TYPE GEOMETRICAL_GTO   
  &END PP_BASIS   
  &POTENTIAL   
    PSEUDO_TYPE GTH   
    &GTH_POTENTIAL   
    4    6    2    0   
    0.38300965389957       2    8.69526962380773   -0.69130398136282   
       3   
    0.32535306838298       2    2.49370385691556    3.69297179681161   
                                                   -4.49419494638446   
    0.25460783706014       2   -4.62952832752021    8.87087769105041   
                                                  -10.49552627066998   
    0.24470423408872       1   -9.41064468800323   
    &END   
    CONFINEMENT_TYPE  BARRIER   
    CONFINEMENT 200. 4.0 12.0   
  &END POTENTIAL   
   
  &POWELL   
     ACCURACY   1.e-14   
     STEP_SIZE  0.08   
     MAX_INIT   50   
     MAX_FUN    250   
     STEP_SIZE_SCALING  0.90   
     WEIGHT_PSIR0 0.0   
     TARGET_POT_SEMICORE      [eV]      0.003000   
     TARGET_POT_VALENCE       [eV]      0.000300   
     TARGET_POT_VIRTUAL       [eV]      0.003000   
     WEIGHT_POT_NODE                   10.0   
     WEIGHT_POT_SEMICORE                2.0   
     WEIGHT_POT_VALENCE                 5.0   
     WEIGHT_POT_VIRTUAL                 1.0   
  &END   
&END ATOM   
   
You can find my recent optimized potentials for PBE, PBE0, SCAN, HF   
at my github repo (absolutely no warrenty!)   
   
https://github.com/juerghutter/GTH   
   
regards   
   
Juerg Hutter   
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Juerg Hutter                         Phone : ++41 44 635 4491   
Institut für Chemie C                FAX   : ++41 44 635 6838   
Universität Zürich                   E-mail: hut... at chem.uzh.ch   
Winterthurerstrasse 190   
CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland   
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From: ning... at gmail.com   
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Date: 12/12/2018 02:19AM   
Subject: [CP2K:11041] Generate the GTH pseudopotential by ATOM   
   
Hello,   
  I need to generate the GTH pseudopotential and hope to use ATOM code in CP2K. But I find it is a little hard for me. The only thing I can do is just changing the initial guess of pseudopotential parameters. But there are so many parameters in GTH pseudopotential. The optimized pseudopotential changes slightly compared with initial guess. Can anyone tell me how to generate the GTH pseudopotential correctly by ATOM? I will be very appreciated!   
  Best regards,   
  Zhi     
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