IBZKPT symmetry error

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aaron_kaplan2
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IBZKPT symmetry error

#1 Post by aaron_kaplan2 » Thu Aug 03, 2023 12:16 am

Reporting a strange error I haven't seen before using VASP. This is a simple static calculation but IBZKPT appears to find different point group symmetries for the direct- and reciprocal-space lattices. All job I/O is attached. The specific error in OUTCAR and STDOUT is:
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| EEEEEEE RRRRRR RRRRRR OOOOOOO RRRRRR ### ### ### |
| E R R R R O O R R ### ### ### |
| E R R R R O O R R ### ### ### |
| EEEEE RRRRRR RRRRRR O O RRRRRR # # # |
| E R R R R O O R R |
| E R R R R O O R R ### ### ### |
| EEEEEEE R R R R OOOOOOO R R ### ### ### |
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| IBZKPT: not all point group operations associated with the symmetry |
| operators of the crystalline lattice are members of the point group |
| of the reciprocal lattice. |
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| ----> I REFUSE TO CONTINUE WITH THIS SICK JOB ... BYE!!! <---- |
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Re: IBZKPT symmetry error

#2 Post by alexey.tal » Thu Aug 03, 2023 12:36 pm

Dear aaron_kaplan2,

A similar issue was discussed in this thread.

Here is what you could try:
  • Switch off the symmetry (ISYM = 0)
  • Make the threshold for detecting the symmetry more stringent (SYMPREC = 1E-6)
  • Symmetrize the structure. You can find the script for doing that in the POSCAR page.

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Re: IBZKPT symmetry error

#3 Post by aaron_kaplan2 » Thu Aug 03, 2023 5:44 pm

Great thanks, ISYM = 0 worked!
In case someone else runs into this error: This was the final static after a relax, so this was the preferable option to symmetrizing the structure.

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