The error in total energy calculation

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The error in total energy calculation

#1 Post by xhp » Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:40 pm

my INCAR as follows:
SYSTEM=C-Au
GGA=PE
ENCUT=500
ISTART=0;ICHARG=2
ISMEAR=0
SIGMA=0.1
PREC=Accurate
ALGO="Fast"
LREAL= Auto
#NGX=38
#NGY=198
#NGZ=126

Then the error in OUTCAR as follows:
kinetic energy error for atom= 0.0076 (will be added to EATOM!!)
kinetic energy error for atom= 0.0042 (will be added to EATOM!!)

please tell me why?
thank you!
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konglt

The error in total energy calculation

#2 Post by konglt » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:41 pm

This is not an error at all...
Last edited by konglt on Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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The error in total energy calculation

#3 Post by avan » Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:24 am

It is the approximate error according to the RRKJ (Rappe, Rabe, Kaxiras and Joannopoulos) kinetic energy criterion.
You can get more info from the VASP Guide.

See the last several lines in "Pseudopotentials supplied with the VASP package" node.
http://cms.mpi.univie.ac.at/vasp/vasp/node223.html
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