The whole BSE has zero dimension !

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burkzdemir
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The whole BSE has zero dimension !

Post by burkzdemir » Thu Sep 09, 2021 3:56 am

Dear developers,

I am trying to run BSE calculation however I am getting the following error. FIles can be found in the following link.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BtoM3Q ... sp=sharing

[03] Bethe Salpeter Equation @q1
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[WARNING] Null BSE kernel block dimension(s) found.

[ERROR] STOP signal received while in[03] Bethe Salpeter Equation @q1

[ERROR] The whole BSE has zero dimension !
Burak Ozdemir
Post-doc,
University of Nantes, France

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Daniele Varsano
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Re: The whole BSE has zero dimension !

Post by Daniele Varsano » Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:35 am

Dear Burak,

in your system you have 58 filled bands:

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 [K+QP] Filled Bands                               :   58
 [K+QP] Empty Bands                                :   59  200
and you asking for a BSE matrix containing no empty bands so it results in zero electron-hole pairs:

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% BSEBands
   21 | 53 |                         # [BSK] Bands range
%
You need at least one empty band to build the BSE matrix.

Best,
Daniele
Dr. Daniele Varsano
S3-CNR Institute of Nanoscience and MaX Center, Italy
MaX - Materials design at the Exascale
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Re: The whole BSE has zero dimension !

Post by burkzdemir » Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:39 pm

Dear Daniele,

Thank you for your answer! I changed the pseudopotential and I forgot to change the number of filled and empty bands. I am sorry for this simple question!

Best,
Burak
Burak Ozdemir
Post-doc,
University of Nantes, France

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