[CP2K-user] [CP2K:21195] Langevin simulation error in CP2K

张逸晨 zhangyichen2806 at gmail.com
Sat Feb 22 01:11:48 UTC 2025



Dear CP2K Community,

I am encountering an error while running a Langevin simulation in CP2K. I 
would appreciate your assistance in resolving this issue.

*Input File:* 

&GLOBAL
  PROJECT cp2k
  PRINT_LEVEL LOW
  RUN_TYPE MD
&END GLOBAL

&MOTION
  &MD
    ENSEMBLE LANGEVIN
    STEPS 200
    TIMESTEP 1
    TEMPERATURE 298.15
      &LANGEVIN
        GAMMA 0.005
        NOISY_GAMMA 0.0001
      &END LANGEVIN
      &THERMAL_REGION
        DO_LANGEVIN_DEFAULT F 
        &DEFINE_REGION
          TEMPERATURE 298.15
          DO_LANGEVIN T
          LIST 1..282, 377..517
          NOISY_GAMMA_REGION 1E-4
        &END DEFINE_REGION
        &DEFINE_REGION
          TEMPERATURE 298.15
          DO_LANGEVIN F
          LIST 283..376, 518
          NOISY_GAMMA_REGION 1E-6
        &END DEFINE_REGION
      &END THERMAL_REGION
  &END MD
  &GEO_OPT
    TYPE MINIMIZATION #Search for minimum
    KEEP_SPACE_GROUP F #If T, then space group will be detected and 
preserved
    OPTIMIZER LBFGS #Can also be CG (more robust for difficult cases) or 
BFGS
    &LBFGS
      TRUST_RADIUS 0.2 #Trust radius (maximum stepsize) in Angstrom
      MAX_H_RANK 5 #Larger values (e.g. 30) will accelerate convergence 
behaviour at the cost of a larger memory consumption
    &END LBFGS
    MAX_ITER 500 #Maximum number of geometry optimization
    MAX_DR 3E-3 #Maximum geometry change
    RMS_DR 1.5E-3 #RMS geometry change
    MAX_FORCE 6E-4 #Maximum force
    RMS_FORCE 3E-4 #RMS force
  &END GEO_OPT
  &PRINT
    &TRAJECTORY
      FORMAT xyz
      &EACH
        MD 1
      &END EACH
    &END TRAJECTORY
    &VELOCITIES
      &EACH
        MD 1
      &END EACH
    &END VELOCITIES
    &RESTART
      BACKUP_COPIES 0 #Maximum number of backing up restart file, 0 means 
never
    &END RESTART
    &RESTART_HISTORY
     &EACH
      MD 500
     &END EACH
    &END RESTART_HISTORY
  &END PRINT
&END MOTION

&FORCE_EVAL
  METHOD Quickstep
  &SUBSYS
    &CELL
      ABC 17.0434 14.7600 20.0000
      ALPHA_BETA_GAMMA 90 90 90 
      PERIODIC XYZ #Direction(s) of applied PBC (geometry aspect)
    &END CELL
    &COORD
      @INCLUDE 'coord.inc'
    &END COORD
    &KIND Fe
      BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH
      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q16
    &END KIND
    &KIND O
      BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH
      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q6
    &END KIND
    &KIND C
      BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH
      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q4
    &END KIND
    &KIND H
      BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH
      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q1
      MASS 2.0
    &END KIND
    &KIND N
      BASIS_SET DZVP-MOLOPT-SR-GTH
      POTENTIAL GTH-PBE-q5
    &END KIND
  &END SUBSYS

  &DFT
    UKS T  
    @SET DATAPATH /public/home/chenyicong/cp2k_data
    POTENTIAL_FILE_NAME ${DATAPATH}/GTH_POTENTIALS  
    BASIS_SET_FILE_NAME ${DATAPATH}/BASIS_MOLOPT 
    WFN_RESTART_FILE_NAME ./RESTART.wfn
    CHARGE    0 #Net charge
    MULTIPLICITY    1 #Spin multiplicity
    &QS
      EXTRAPOLATION_ORDER 0#need test 0 1 2 3
      EPS_PGF_ORB 1.0E-6
      EXTRAPOLATION ASPC
      EPS_DEFAULT 1.0E-12 #Set all EPS_xxx to values such that the energy 
will be correct up to this value
    &END QS
    &XC
      &XC_FUNCTIONAL PBE
      &END XC_FUNCTIONAL
      &XC_GRID
       XC_SMOOTH_RHO NN10
       XC_DERIV SPLINE2_SMOOTH
      &END XC_GRID
       &VDW_POTENTIAL
        POTENTIAL_TYPE PAIR_POTENTIAL
        &PAIR_POTENTIAL
          PARAMETER_FILE_NAME ${DATAPATH}/dftd3.dat
          TYPE DFTD3
          REFERENCE_FUNCTIONAL PBE
          R_CUTOFF 10.
        &END PAIR_POTENTIAL
      &END VDW_POTENTIAL
    &END XC
    &MGRID
      CUTOFF 400
      NGRIDS 20
      REL_CUTOFF 40
    &END MGRID
    &SCF
      SCF_GUESS RESTART
      MAX_SCF 100 #Maximum number of steps of inner SCF
      EPS_SCF 1.0E-05 #Convergence threshold of density matrix of inner SCF
      MAX_SCF_HISTORY 5
      &OT
        PRECONDITIONER FULL_SINGLE_INVERSE 
#FULL_KINETIC&FULL_SINGLE_INVERSE is also worth to try. FULL_ALL is better 
but quite expensive for large system
        MINIMIZER BROYDEN #CG is worth to consider in difficult cases
        BROYDEN_BETA 0.9
        BROYDEN_SIGMA 0.1
        LINESEARCH 2PNT #1D line search algorithm for CG. 2PNT is default. 
3PNT is more expensive but may be better. GOLD is best but very expensive
      &END OT
      &OUTER_SCF
        MAX_SCF 20 #Maximum number of steps of outer SCF
        EPS_SCF 1.0E-05 #Convergence threshold of outer SCF
      &END OUTER_SCF
      &MIXING ON
       ALPHA 0.1
       BETA 0.5
      &END MIXING
      &PRINT
        &RESTART #Note: Use "&RESTART OFF" can prevent generating .wfn file
          FILENAME =RESTART.wfn
          BACKUP_COPIES 0 #Maximum number of backup copies of wfn file. 0 
means never
        &END RESTART
      &END PRINT
    &END SCF
  &END DFT

  &PRINT
    &FORCES ON
    &END FORCES
  &END PRINT
&END FORCE_EVAL

*Error Message:* 

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Thank you in advance for your help.

Best regards,

Zhang Yichen

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