<div>Sorry, I should clarify the files attached. In Z-align, the CO
molecule is aligned with the Z axis; Zperp is perpendicular to the Z
axis. In the *closepack files, the PBC is 1x1x10, whereas in the others
it is 5x5x10. The results are in the plot folder; where the figure
Z-align-closepack.txt.png plots the energy difference as a function of Z
displacement; a variation of 0.12 Hartrees is seen. In all the other
experiments, the variation is much smaller, 0.001 Hartrees. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Alex</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto" class="gmail_attr">On Friday, 10 June 2022 at 15:09:18 UTC-4 alex van der waals 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;"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>I've been seeing a strange effect from a calculation. I have a single CO molecule, that I am displacing through the Z axis of a 5x5x10, 2x2x10 and a 1x1x10 PBC (with periodicity on for all axes, angles=90 degrees for all), and doing single point energy calculations for each. I expect that because its periodic, there should be no difference in energy where in the PBC I put the CO molecule. Strangely however, there is an energy difference; as I scan the Z axis, the energy reported fluctuates up and down periodically. I am using the PBE functional and a cutoff=300 fwiw.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I have attached figures and input files for the calcultions below.</div><div><br>Is this a known phenomenon?</div><div>Best,</div><div>Alex<br></div></blockquote></div>
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