BSE kernel

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dmachiri
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BSE kernel

Post by dmachiri » Tue Sep 05, 2023 9:38 am

I am running BSE calculation on a system containing 50 electrons. The calculation stops indefinitely with no error. I have tried to vary BSENGBlk but it doesn't work. I have attached the input file, report file and one of the log files. I am using 4 nodes with 24 processors each.
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David Machiri
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Re: BSE kernel

Post by lyzhao » Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:27 am

Dear dmachiri,
I think you are running a BSE calculation with too large BSK (16x15x512=122880) for your computer.
You can try to reduce:
10 | 40 | # [BSK] Bands range
to 21 | 30 |, then increase, check convergence.

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Youzhao Lan
College of Chemistry and Materials Science,
Zhejiang Normal University,
Jinhua, Zhejiang, China.
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Re: BSE kernel

Post by Daniele Varsano » Mon Sep 11, 2023 11:10 am

Dear dmachiri,
please sign your post with your name and affiliation, this is a rule of the forum and you can do once for all by filling the signature in your user profile.
As suggested by lyzhao it is possible you have memory problem, you can try to reduce the number of bands and check the convergence gradually or try to reduce the number of CPU per node in order to have more memory avialable.

Please, also note that BSENGBlk= 2 RL, is for sure out-of-convergence.

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Daniele
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