[CP2K-user] [CP2K:11253] Goedecker-Teter-Hutter (GTH) pseudopotentials

Tiziano Müller tiziano... at chem.uzh.ch
Tue Feb 12 09:48:22 UTC 2019


On 12.02.19 10:04, ahadal... at gmail.com wrote:
> Can someone elaborate me the difference between the when defining the element:
> 
> Cu GTH-PADE-q11 GTH-LDA-q1

This does not seem right. Did you truncate/augment it when copy/paste'ing?

> 
> Cu GTH-PADE-q11 GTH-LDA-q11
> 
> Cu GTH-PADE-q11 GTH-LDA-q19
> 
> In pseudopotentials database.

The number after the `q` describes the number of valence electrons in 
that pseudopotential and should match the basis set being used in the 
calculation.

The names after the element are aliases.

Example:

   Cu GTH-PADE-q11 GTH-LDA-q11 GTH-PADE GTH-LDA

... can be referenced in your calculation with one of the following:

   POTENTIAL GTH-PADE-q11
or
   POTENTIAL GTH-LDA-q11
or
   POTENTIAL GTH-PADE
or
   POTENTIAL GTH-LDA

If there are multiple pseudopotentials for the same element and 
functional, there is usually one (and only one) which has an alias 
without the '-q??'.

> And how to know which one is appropriate while calculating energy and forces.

Which one to use depends on your type of calculation and the structure 
you are trying to simulate. The larger the number of electrons, the more 
computationally expensive your calculation will be.

Best,
Tiziano

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