[CP2K-user] [CP2K:15307] Convergence issue for GAPW without ADMM

[august... at chem.uzh.ch]

Dear Hongyang,

I tested your input file and it does actually converge, although after 322 SCF steps. The total energy oscillates along the way, which usually happens with metals and small gap semiconductors. Adding some smearing may help.

Note that you have an important HFX warning about the use of short range potentials. You should probably use a larger cell to insure your results are physically sound.

Best,
Augustin

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Dear Augustin,

I actually have tried lowering EPS_SCHWARZ to even 1E-16, but the SCF still didn't converge. 
The calculation was run using GAPW without ADMM. I didn't use ADMM in this calculation. But it is quite weired that pob-TZVP with GAPW cannot converge. I don't know what is the reason causing instability.

Thanks,
Hongyang

在2021年5月7日星期五 UTC+10 下午6:29:13<Augustin Bussy> 写道：
Dear Hongyang,

In condensed systems, there is generally less tolerance to screening. I would try lowering EPS_SCHWARZ. Note that the ADMM basis set you are currently using is meant to be used with the MOLOPT basis, which is not all-electron. For the use of ADMM in an all-electron setting, I would recommand the pcseg basis set family (and corresponding admm) by Jensen, available on Basis Set Exchange.

Best,
Augustin


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Subject: [CP2K:15305] Convergence issue for GAPW without ADMM


Hi,

I'm a new user of cp2k 8.1. I'm currently using ALL electron basis set and GAPW method to do a simple Si supercell calculation. But without ADMM, the SCF process does not converge. I do not want to use ADMM in this case because, firstly, the speed is slower than calculations without ADMM and, secondly, the accuracy is slightly decreased. Could someone please provide some suggestions on solving this? Thanks!

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