Posted by Martín Amoza on September 16, 2015 at 11:06:35:
In Reply to: Re: CASPT2 convergence problem posted by Steven Vancoillie on September 14, 2015 at 08:48:49:
: : Dear all,
: : I'm running a CASPT2 calculation and I don't know why in the first CASPT2 state there aren't changes in the energies after the first iteration. Obviously the calculation end due to a convergence problem.
: Please show us the (relevant section) of the output.
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CASPT2 EQUATION SOLUTION
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Total nr of CASPT2 parameters:
Before reduction: 4737099455
After reduction: 4733177245
The contributions to the second order correlation energy in atomic units.
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IT. VJTU VJTI ATVX AIVX VJAI BVAT BJAT BJAI TOTAL RNORM
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1 -0.045206 -0.197027 -0.003909 -0.132927 -0.267595 -0.028323 -0.168419 -2.860558 -3.703965 0.049259
2 -0.045201 -0.197028 -0.003908 -0.132922 -0.267591 -0.028323 -0.168418 -2.860558 -3.703948 0.049263
3 -0.045201 -0.197028 -0.003908 -0.132922 -0.267591 -0.028323 -0.168418 -2.860558 -3.703948 0.049263
... (without changes)
298 -0.045201 -0.197028 -0.003908 -0.132922 -0.267591 -0.028323 -0.168418 -2.860558 -3.703948 0.049263
299 -0.045201 -0.197028 -0.003908 -0.132922 -0.267591 -0.028323 -0.168418 -2.860558 -3.703948 0.049263
300 -0.045201 -0.197028 -0.003908 -0.132922 -0.267591 -0.028323 -0.168418 -2.860558 -3.703948 0.049263
NOT CONVERGED AFTER MAX ITERATIONS.
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FINAL CASPT2 RESULT:
Reference energy: -3179.7931620580
E2 (Non-variational): -3.7039480453
E2 (Variational): -3.7136509790
Total energy: -3183.5068130370
Residual norm: 0.0492628791
Reference weight: 0.41017
Contributions to the CASPT2 correlation energy
Active & Virtual Only: -0.0322308639
One Inactive Excited: -0.3465409620
Two Inactive Excited: -3.3251762193
Total CASPT2 energies:
:: CASPT2 Root 1 Total energy: -3183.50681304
: : The previous RASSCF calculation ends normally so I don't know where can be the error.
: Even if rasscf ends "normally" it doesn't mean you have the correct reference wavefunction and that caspt2 will work without problems.
: Show us the output and tell us what you expected it to be.
I understand, I didn't express myself well. I wanted to said that the RASSCF calculations ends like similar calculations, that had worked before, without any unexpected output.