[CPMD-list] EHAM always increases

Axel Kohlmeyer akohlmey at cmm.chem.upenn.edu
Tue Jul 3 16:08:47 CEST 2007


On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, liu liuxiandong wrote:

XL> Dear CPMD users,

dear xiandong liu,

XL> 
XL> I optimized an interface system with the geometry convergence of 2.0D-4 and
XL> then optimized the wavefunction to 1.0D-7. Then, I performed a CPMD
XL> simulation. However, the EHAM does not keep constant but always
XL> increases.Some output is as follows. It seems that when the EHAM increases
XL> as the TEMP jumps from ~250 to ~300. Could you give some comment on this ?

this is to be expected. with the geometry optimization you
remove potential energy from your system up to the point
where your configuration is consistent with a lower temperature
(ideally with 0K for a full optimization).

now with the MD your kinetic energy is transformed back into
potential energy and the TEMPCONTROL mechanism will continue 
to add/remove energy until at some point it will not correct
anymore or do about the same number of up and down scalings 
of the kinetic energy. this whole process is called 'equilibration'.

check out your favorate stat mech text book on the gory details
(or search through the mailing list archives, i must have explained
this at least half a doezen times in the last five years).

cheers,
   axel.

XL> 
XL> 
XL> Xiandong Liu
XL> 
XL> 
XL> 
XL> 
XL>       NFI    EKINC   TEMPP           EKS      ECLASSIC          EHAM
XL> DIS    TCPU
XL>          1  0.00006   296.2    -654.90500    -654.80090    -654.80084
XL> 0.219E-05   37.51
XL>          2  0.00088   285.6    -654.90196    -654.80158    -654.80070
XL> 0.870E-05   37.22
XL>          3  0.00347   270.9    -654.89932    -654.80409    -654.80062
XL> 0.194E-04   37.22
XL>          4  0.00794   255.3    -654.89831    -654.80858    -654.80064
XL> 0.339E-04   37.32
XL>          5  0.01317   300.0    -654.89871    -654.79326    -654.78008
XL> 0.522E-04   37.52
XL>          6  0.01782   287.8    -654.89911    -654.79795    -654.78013
XL> 0.768E-04   37.19
XL>          7  0.02105   279.4    -654.89940    -654.80120    -654.78014
XL> 0.106E-03   37.34
XL>          8  0.02262   274.8    -654.89934    -654.80275    -654.78013
XL> 0.139E-03   37.42
XL>          9  0.02284   273.5    -654.89911    -654.80296    -654.78012
XL> 0.176E-03   37.80
XL>         10  0.02223   274.7    -654.89889    -654.80235    -654.78012
XL> 0.218E-03   37.69
XL>         11  0.02120   277.1    -654.89872    -654.80133    -654.78012
XL> 0.264E-03   37.76
XL>         12  0.02001   279.8    -654.89849    -654.80014    -654.78013
XL> 0.313E-03   37.36
XL>         13  0.01886   281.9    -654.89808    -654.79899    -654.78013
XL> 0.367E-03   37.32
XL>         14  0.01795   283.0    -654.89754    -654.79807    -654.78012
XL> 0.425E-03   37.21
XL>         15  0.01741   283.0    -654.89699    -654.79752    -654.78011
XL> 0.487E-03   37.39
XL>         16  0.01726   282.1    -654.89655    -654.79737    -654.78011
XL> 0.553E-03   37.59
XL>         17  0.01736   280.8    -654.89619    -654.79748    -654.78012
XL> 0.623E-03   37.54
XL>         18  0.01752   279.4    -654.89585    -654.79764    -654.78012
XL> 0.696E-03   37.39
XL>         19  0.01755   278.2    -654.89546    -654.79767    -654.78012
XL> 0.773E-03   37.28
XL>         20  0.01742   277.3    -654.89500    -654.79754    -654.78012
XL> 0.853E-03   37.15
XL>         21  0.01717   276.6    -654.89451    -654.79729    -654.78012
XL> 0.937E-03   37.17
XL>         22  0.01689   276.0    -654.89402    -654.79701    -654.78012
XL> 0.103E-02   37.24
XL>         23  0.01665   275.3    -654.89353    -654.79677    -654.78012
XL> 0.112E-02   37.18
XL>         24  0.01650   274.2    -654.89301    -654.79663    -654.78012
XL> 0.121E-02   37.47
XL>         25  0.01646   272.7    -654.89245    -654.79658    -654.78012
XL> 0.131E-02   37.24
XL>         26  0.01652   270.8    -654.89184    -654.79664    -654.78012
XL> 0.141E-02   37.29
XL>         27  0.01667   268.6    -654.89121    -654.79679    -654.78012
XL> 0.151E-02   37.50
XL>         28  0.01686   266.3    -654.89058    -654.79698    -654.78012
XL> 0.162E-02   37.65
XL>         29  0.01703   264.0    -654.88996    -654.79715    -654.78012
XL> 0.173E-02   37.44
XL>         30  0.01712   262.0    -654.88933    -654.79724    -654.78012
XL> 0.184E-02   37.64
XL>         31  0.01708   260.3    -654.88869    -654.79720    -654.78012
XL> 0.196E-02   37.66
XL>         32  0.01691   258.9    -654.88804    -654.79703    -654.78012
XL> 0.208E-02   37.62
XL>         33  0.01663   257.8    -654.88737    -654.79675    -654.78012
XL> 0.220E-02   37.37
XL>         34  0.01627   256.9    -654.88670    -654.79639    -654.78012
XL> 0.232E-02   37.20
XL>         35  0.01590   256.1    -654.88604    -654.79602    -654.78012
XL> 0.245E-02   37.53
XL>         36  0.01554   255.2    -654.88538    -654.79566    -654.78012
XL> 0.257E-02   37.39
XL>         37  0.01523   254.2    -654.88472    -654.79535    -654.78012
XL> 0.270E-02   37.50
XL>         38  0.01499   253.1    -654.88407    -654.79510    -654.78012
XL> 0.284E-02   37.81
XL>         39  0.01480   251.8    -654.88343    -654.79492    -654.78012
XL> 0.297E-02   37.66
XL>         40  0.01467   250.5    -654.88282    -654.79478    -654.78012
XL> 0.311E-02   37.74
XL>         41  0.01456   300.0    -654.88223    -654.77678    -654.76222
XL> 0.325E-02   37.49
XL>         42  0.01457   298.2    -654.88160    -654.77679    -654.76222
XL> 0.340E-02   37.46
XL>         43  0.01476   295.9    -654.88099    -654.77698    -654.76222
XL> 0.356E-02   37.77
XL>         44  0.01508   293.3    -654.88040    -654.77729    -654.76222
XL> 0.372E-02   37.21
XL>         45  0.01544   290.7    -654.87983    -654.77765    -654.76222
XL> 0.389E-02   37.10
XL>         46  0.01577   288.2    -654.87928    -654.77798    -654.76222
XL> 0.405E-02   37.42
XL>         47  0.01601   286.0    -654.87874    -654.77822    -654.76222
XL> 0.422E-02   37.44
XL>         48  0.01613   284.1    -654.87820    -654.77835    -654.76222
XL> 0.439E-02   37.58
XL>         49  0.01615   282.5    -654.87766    -654.77837    -654.76222
XL> 0.456E-02   37.44
XL>         50  0.01608   281.2    -654.87713    -654.77830    -654.76222
XL> 0.473E-02   37.37
XL>         51  0.01596   280.0    -654.87660    -654.77818    -654.76222
XL> 0.491E-02   37.39
XL>         52  0.01584   278.9    -654.87608    -654.77805    -654.76222
XL> 0.508E-02   37.47
XL>         53  0.01573   277.8    -654.87558    -654.77795    -654.76222
XL> 0.526E-02   37.80
XL>         54  0.01567   276.6    -654.87509    -654.77788    -654.76222
XL> 0.544E-02   37.71
XL>         55  0.01564   275.3    -654.87462    -654.77785    -654.76222
XL> 0.563E-02   37.42
XL>         56  0.01563   274.0    -654.87416    -654.77785    -654.76222
XL> 0.581E-02   37.45
XL>         57  0.01564   272.7    -654.87370    -654.77786    -654.76222
XL> 0.600E-02   37.51
XL>         58  0.01564   271.4    -654.87324    -654.77786    -654.76222
XL> 0.619E-02   37.50
XL>         59  0.01562   270.1    -654.87278    -654.77784    -654.76222
XL> 0.638E-02   37.50
XL>         60  0.01559   268.8    -654.87230    -654.77781    -654.76222
XL> 0.657E-02   37.18
XL>         61  0.01555   267.6    -654.87183    -654.77776    -654.76222
XL> 0.677E-02   37.81
XL>         62  0.01550   266.4    -654.87135    -654.77771    -654.76222
XL> 0.696E-02   37.20
XL>         63  0.01545   265.2    -654.87088    -654.77767    -654.76222
XL> 0.716E-02   37.69
XL>         64  0.01542   263.9    -654.87041    -654.77764    -654.76222
XL> 0.736E-02   37.76
XL>         65  0.01540   262.7    -654.86995    -654.77762    -654.76222
XL> 0.756E-02   37.54
XL>         66  0.01541   261.4    -654.86949    -654.77763    -654.76222
XL> 0.776E-02   37.53
XL>         67  0.01543   260.0    -654.86905    -654.77765    -654.76222
XL> 0.797E-02   37.23
XL>         68  0.01547   258.7    -654.86861    -654.77768    -654.76222
XL> 0.817E-02   37.42
XL>         69  0.01551   257.3    -654.86817    -654.77772    -654.76222
XL> 0.838E-02   37.43
XL>         70  0.01554   256.0    -654.86773    -654.77776    -654.76222
XL> 0.859E-02   37.60
XL>         71  0.01556   254.6    -654.86728    -654.77778    -654.76222
XL> 0.880E-02   37.58
XL>         72  0.01558   253.3    -654.86683    -654.77779    -654.76222
XL> 0.901E-02   37.81
XL>         73  0.01557   252.0    -654.86638    -654.77779    -654.76222
XL> 0.923E-02   37.31
XL>         74  0.01555   250.7    -654.86590    -654.77777    -654.76222
XL> 0.944E-02   37.80
XL>         75  0.01552   300.0    -654.86542    -654.75997    -654.74445
XL> 0.966E-02   37.61
XL> 

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