[CPMD-list] linear response calculation

Ari P Seitsonen Ari.P.Seitsonen at iki.fi
Fri Feb 4 11:29:29 CET 2005


Dear Ivaylo,

  Please have a look on the keyword 'CONVERGENCE' in the section '&RESP' 
(i.e. not in the section '&CPMD', where the criterion for convergence of 
the wave fucntions in the ground state is given; the syntax and meaning 
is similar, though).

    Greetings,

       apsi

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On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Ivaylo Ivanov wrote:

> Hello,
> I'm trying to do vibrational analysis with the option LR (Linear
> Response). The manual says that "A rule of thumb is that good results are
> obtained with a 10 times stricter convergence on the ground state orbitals
> compared to that of the response orbitals." What is not clear to me is how
> to change the convergence criterion for the response orbitals from the
> default value (1.0D-5). Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks very
> much in advance.
> 
> --Ivaylo Ivanov
> 
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> Ivaylo Ivanov
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