<div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>The the force on the first atom of replica Nr. 6 has the components 

0.024362977  -0.000274819  -0.000383546, which results in a net force of 0.0244. This is precisely what is reported by cp2k.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Fabian<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto" class="gmail_attr">On Friday, 13 November 2020 at 04:27:44 UTC+1 we...@gmail.com wrote:<br/></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><p>I was playing
with the neb tutorial at <a href="https://www.cp2k.org/exercises:2016_uzh_cmest:path_optimization_neb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=https://www.cp2k.org/exercises:2016_uzh_cmest:path_optimization_neb&source=gmail&ust=1605338448848000&usg=AFQjCNHK49roiNUrgM4sfzsnyuv9EXLHsA">https://www.cp2k.org/exercises:2016_uzh_cmest:path_optimization_neb</a>  and was using all input files from this site.</p>

<p> </p>

<p>After the
second band step, the separate band output gave the following convergence
check:</p>

<p>*******************************************************************************</p>

<p> RMS DISPLACEMENT =   0.01661    
[ 0.00010]                              
( NO)</p>

<p> MAX DISPLACEMENT =   0.04582    
[ 0.00020]                              
( NO)</p>

<p> RMS FORCE        =  
0.00459     [ 0.00500]                               (YES)</p>

<p> MAX FORCE        =  
0.02442     [ 0.00100]                               ( NO)</p>

<p> *******************************************************************************</p>

<p> </p>

<p><b>The screen
output has the following energies and force values.  What is odd that the max force of all these
images is not 0.02442.  Actually there is
no force that is close to be +-0.0244.  I
am wondering what is this “MAX FORCE”. Thanks.</b></p>

<p> </p>

<p> NEB| Computing Energies and Forces</p>

<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr.    1- Energy and Forces</p>

<p> NEB|                                     Total
Energy:            -14.955972284</p>

<p> NEB|   
ATOM                           
X                Y                Z</p>

<p> NEB|     
C                     
-0.000158132     -0.000000000     -0.000010247           </p>

<p> NEB|     
C                      
0.000158132      0.000000000      0.000010247           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000009893     -0.000000000      0.000090633           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      -0.000044050     -0.000068824     -0.000011886           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000044050      0.000068824     -0.000011886           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000009893      0.000000000     -0.000090633           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                       0.000044050      0.000068824      0.000011886           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000044050     -0.000068824      0.000011886           </p>

<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr.    2- Energy and Forces</p>

<p> NEB|                                     Total Energy:            -14.953424807</p>

<p> NEB|   
ATOM                           
X                Y                Z</p>

<p> NEB|     
C                      
0.015511582     -0.000123867     -0.000363499           </p>

<p> NEB|     
C                     
-0.015514484      0.000198863      0.000377792           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000857207      0.000192596      0.003925016           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000684401     -0.003902176     -0.002099542           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000794070      0.003497209     -0.002176137           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000859132      0.000183216     -0.003909916           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000734015      0.003669315      0.002258834           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000739709     -0.003761630      0.001987922           </p>

<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr.    3- Energy and Forces</p>

<p> NEB|                                     Total
Energy:            -14.952203598</p>

<p> NEB|   
ATOM                           
X                Y                Z</p>

<p> NEB|     
C                      
0.010538684     -0.000238117     -0.000516915           </p>

<p> NEB|     
C                     
-0.010542876      0.000214692      0.000522403           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000413313     -0.000291891      0.003136219           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000191793     -0.002982635     -0.002211249           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000330883      0.003013668     -0.001368350           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000425288     -0.000291342     -0.003075548           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000246337      0.003274227      0.001455731           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000260278     -0.002823871      0.002056329           </p>

<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr.    4- Energy and Forces</p>

<p> NEB|                                     Total
Energy:            -14.951836807</p>

<p> NEB|   
ATOM                           
X                Y                Z</p>

<p> NEB|     
C                     
-0.000166119     -0.000233856     -0.000487654           </p>

<p> NEB|     
C                      
0.000160984      0.000258427      0.000483064           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000029046      0.000183156      0.000057179           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000172411     -0.000483736     -0.000359493           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000023827      0.000096042     -0.000156766           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000040779      0.000199584      0.000032287           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000106393      0.000381211      0.000225999           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000106826     -0.000345313      0.000203051           </p>

<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr.    5- Energy and Forces</p>

<p> NEB|                                     Total
Energy:            -14.951407301</p>

<p> NEB|   
ATOM                            X                Y                Z</p>

<p> NEB|     
C                      
0.015874406     -0.000326490     -0.000555730           </p>

<p> NEB|     
C                     
-0.015842202      0.000299497      0.000559685           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                       0.000535731     -0.002915118      0.002845326           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000312063     -0.001213868     -0.004546885           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000505489      0.003928930      0.001110436           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      -0.000585448     -0.002832671     -0.002713428           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000406024      0.004307148     -0.001105774           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000394296     -0.001114621      0.004405311           </p>

<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr.    6- Energy and Forces</p>

<p> NEB|                                     Total
Energy:            -14.952232632</p>

<p> NEB|   
ATOM                           
X                Y                Z</p>

<p> NEB|     
C                      
0.024362977     -0.000274819     -0.000383546           </p>

<p> NEB|     
C                     
-0.024281416      0.000284322      0.000400750           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.001292285     -0.004167767      0.002626455           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                       0.001137983     -0.000313475     -0.005288164           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.001311947      0.004206108      0.002313869           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.001362979     -0.004056262     -0.002510384           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.001240025      0.004537593     -0.002369052           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.001219620     -0.000261211      0.005209053           </p>

<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr.    7- Energy and Forces</p>

<p> NEB|                                     Total
Energy:            -14.954539124</p>

<p> NEB|   
ATOM                           
X                Y                Z</p>

<p> NEB|     
C                      
0.016039728     -0.000166622     -0.000179795           </p>

<p> NEB|     
C                     
-0.015936746      0.000181883      0.000203661           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000838326     -0.004015114      0.002084504           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000753054      0.000204003     -0.004717897           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000870997      0.003741728      0.002384503           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000902028     -0.003947288     -0.002036799           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000843340      0.003959916     -0.002460137           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000819474      0.000224363      0.004721034           </p>

<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr.    8- Energy and Forces</p>

<p> NEB|    
                                Total
Energy:            -14.955953570</p>

<p> NEB|   
ATOM                           
X                Y                Z</p>

<p> NEB|     
C                     
-0.000000797      0.000124456      0.000066034           </p>

<p> NEB|     
C                       0.000011951     -0.000146750     -0.000118626           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000029286      0.000146761      0.000101230           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000005088     -0.000168487     -0.000042189           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                      
0.000005136      0.000121871     -0.000047943           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000007405     -0.000110873     -0.000237047           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000035252      0.000164078      0.000019902           </p>

<p> NEB|     
H                     
-0.000000769     -0.000171696      0.000257590</p></blockquote></div>