How to accelerate convergence in ground state calculations?  [SOLVED]

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tangds
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How to accelerate convergence in ground state calculations?  [SOLVED]

Post by tangds » Thu Sep 10, 2020 1:50 pm

Dear all,

I am running a series calculations of ground state with 108 atoms using 48 cores (in a single node). The settings "autoparal and paral_kgb" are both used in input file. To get the convergence "toldfe=1e-10", about 50 steps are needed, which is quite large. Is it possible to accelerate convergence?

Best,
Daosheng

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Re: How to accelerate convergence in ground state calculations?

Post by ebousquet » Mon Sep 14, 2020 5:40 pm

Dear Daosheng,
It depends on the system, some can be more pathological than others.
You can find some hints about how to improve convergence of the SCF in the "We2 – Torrent (PDF)" link of the last Abinit school here:
http://palata.fzu.cz/abinitschool/index.php?item=home

Flags that have to be tunes are diemix (diemixmag if magnetic), diemac, nline, etc.

Best wishes,
Eric

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Re: How to accelerate convergence in ground state calculations?

Post by tangds » Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:56 am

Dear Dr. Eric,

Thanks for your reply.

Best,
Daosheng

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