[WARNING] [X] Metallic system

[Sam-2025]

Dear Dr. Daniele Varsano,

I am trying to get adsorption spectrum for BTO (BaTiO3) and after calculating scf and nscf (QE) and converting them to yambo format using p2y, I went to initialization part using "yambo" but it gives the following warning,
[WARNING] [X] Metallic system
Based on the related info on forum, I also tried to using occupations = 'fixed' in nscf part, but I am getting the same warning. I also tried to consider ElecTemp = 0 eV and remove ndb* files, and it didn't solve the problem. Because of this, when I am going ahead and running (yambo -X s -F 01_3D_BSE_screening.in) , there is an empty input file for screening. Could you please guide me what I am doing wrong? Thank you so much.

[Daniele Varsano]

Dear Samira,
If you’re unable to generate an input for the screening, your k‑point grid may not be uniform. You can verify this near the end of your r_setup file. If this is indeed the problem, please adjust your k‑point sampling in the nscf calculation—for example, avoid any shift by using:

K_POINTS {automatic}
6 6 2 0 0 0

If this does not resolve the issue, please post your input file and the full output on the forum so we can help troubleshoot.

Best,

Daniele

[Sam-2025]

Dear Dr. Daniele Varsano,

Thank you so much. When I used the following Kpoint (6 6 2 0 0 0) , it could gave me bse.in file but still in initializations step ( writing "yambo" before everything; I have this warning :[WARNING] [X] Metallic system ) . Should I worry about it? Thank you so much in advance for your valuable guidance. I 've also attached my in - out put files for your considerations.


scf.in:
&control
calculation='scf',
prefix='bto',
restart_mode='from_scratch'
pseudo_dir = './Pseudos'
wf_collect=.true.
nstep = 200
verbosity = 'high'
/
&system
ibrav = 0,
nat= 5,
ntyp= 3,
force_symmorphic=.true.
ecutwfc = 80,
occupations = 'fixed'
/
&electrons
electron_maxstep = 100
conv_thr = 1.0e-8
/
ATOMIC_SPECIES
Ba 137.327 Ba_std.upf
Ti 47.87 Ti_std.upf
O 15.99 O_std.upf
ATOMIC_POSITIONS {crystal}
Ba 0.50 0.50 0.50
Ti 0.00 0.00 0.00
O 0.00 0.00 0.50
O 0.50 0.00 0.50
O 0.00 0.50 0.00
K_POINTS {automatic}
6 6 2 0 0 0
CELL_PARAMETERS angstrom
4.0076816400 0.0000000000 0.0000000000
0.0000000000 4.0076816400 0.0000000000
0.0000000000 0.0000000000 4.0076816400


nscf.in
&control
calculation='nscf',
prefix='bto',
pseudo_dir = './Pseudos'
nstep = 200
verbosity = 'high'
wf_collect=.true.
/
&system
ibrav = 0,
nat= 5,
ntyp= 3,
force_symmorphic=.true.
ecutwfc = 80,nbnd = 80
occupations = 'fixed'
/
&electrons
diago_thr_init=5.0e-6,
diago_full_acc=.true.
electron_maxstep = 100,
diagonalization='david'
mixing_mode = 'plain'
mixing_beta = 0.6
conv_thr = 1.0e-8
/
ATOMIC_SPECIES
Ba 137.327 Ba_std.upf
Ti 47.87 Ti_std.upf
O 15.99 O_std.upf
ATOMIC_POSITIONS {crystal}
Ba 0.50 0.50 0.50
Ti 0.00 0.00 0.00
O 0.00 0.00 0.50
O 0.50 0.00 0.50
O 0.00 0.50 0.00
K_POINTS {automatic}
6 6 2 0 0 0
CELL_PARAMETERS angstrom
4.0076816400 0.0000000000 0.0000000000
0.0000000000 4.0076816400 0.0000000000
0.0000000000 0.0000000000 4.0076816400


bse.in:
optics # [R] Linear Response optical properties
bss # [R] BSE solver
bse # [R][BSE] Bethe Salpeter Equation.
#DegFix # Force the code to impose the energy levels to respect their degeneracy
X_Threads=0 # [OPENMP/X] Number of threads for response functions
DIP_Threads=0 # [OPENMP/X] Number of threads for dipoles
K_Threads=0 # [OPENMP/BSK] Number of threads for response functions
BSKmod= "HARTREE" # [BSE] IP/Hartree/HF/ALDA/SEX/BSfxc
BSEmod= "resonant" # [BSE] resonant/retarded/coupling
BSSmod= "d" # [BSS] (h)aydock/(d)iagonalization/(s)lepc/(i)nversion/(t)ddft`
BSENGexx= 41923 RL # [BSK] Exchange components
% BSEQptR
1 | 1 | # [BSK] Transferred momenta range
%
% BSEBands
1 | 80 | # [BSK] Bands range
%
% BEnRange
0.00000 | 10.00000 | eV # [BSS] Energy range
%
% BDmRange
0.100000 | 0.100000 | eV # [BSS] Damping range
%
BEnSteps= 100 # [BSS] Energy steps
% BLongDir
1.000000 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 | # [BSS] [cc] Electric Field versor
%
BSEprop= "abs" # [BSS] Can be any among abs/jdos/kerr/asymm/anHAll/magn/dich/photolum/esrt
BSEdips= "none" # [BSS] Can be "trace/none" or "xy/xz/yz" to define off-diagonal rotation plane
#WRbsWF # [BSS] Write to disk excitonic the WFs

[Daniele Varsano]

Dear Samira,
looking at your r_setup your k point grid is not seen as uniform:

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X grid is uniform                                : no

As reported in the nscf.out:

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Message from routine setup:
     using ibrav=0 with symmetry is DISCOURAGED, use correct ibrav instead

Moreover, yes, your system is seen as metallic by Yambo while it is not in QE, but looking at the KS energies it seems that this is due to the fixed occupation.

I suggest you to repeat the DFT calculation using the correct ibrav and introducing a semaring in the occupations.

Best,
Daniele