[gpaw-users] Setup generation for rare-earth metals

Lars Smykalla lars.smykalla at physik.tu-chemnitz.de
Tue Nov 22 18:31:20 CET 2011


Hi,

I'm new at using gpaw and I want to calculate a system which includes  
Lutetium. As the standard setup file does not include rare-earth metals, I  
tried to generate the setup with 'gpaw-setup Lu'. The problem is this  
always fails giving me the message:

"Scalar-relativistic atomic LDA calculation for Lu (Lutetium, Z=71)
900 radial gridpoints.
|------------------------------------------------|
     Problem with initial electron density guess!  Try to run the program
     with the '-nw' option (non-scalar-relativistic calculation + write
     density) and then try again without the '-n' option (this will
     generate a good initial guess for the density)."


The advise does not help. So, can someone please tell me what to do or  
 from where to get the setup-files of rare-earth metals?


Thanks,
Lars


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