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Dear Nicola,<BR>
I have tried startingwfc='random' and it gave me the same energies values as for startingwfc='atomic' with still the same problem of drop and rise of total energy. I also increase Ecutoff to 40Ry, the energies values are actually more accurate but the problem persist.<BR>
&nbsp;<BR>
Hania<BR>
&nbsp;<BR>
&nbsp;<BR>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Courier New"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>&amp;control<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>calculation<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>= 'scf'<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>restart_mode = 'from_scratch'<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>pseudo_dir<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>= '/root/pwscf/pseudo/'<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>outdir<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>= '/root/tmp/'<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>/<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>&amp;system<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>ibrav=7<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>celldm(1)=7.33, celldm(3)=8.54<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>nat=19<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>ntyp=3<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>ecutwfc=25.0<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>ecutrho=100.0<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>/<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;</SPAN>&amp;electrons<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>conv_thr = 1e-6,<BR><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </SPAN>mixing_beta=0.2,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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