IMIX

IMIX = 0 | 1 | 2 | 4
Default: IMIX = 4 

Description: IMIX specifies the type of mixing.

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• IMIX=0: no mixing.

$\rho_{\rm mix}=\rho_{\rm out}$

• IMIX=1: Kerker mixing.

The mixed density is given by

$\rho_{\rm mix}\left(G\right)=\rho_{\rm in}\left(G\right)+A \frac{G^2}{G^2+B^2}\Bigl(\rho_{\rm out}\left(G\right)-\rho_{\rm in}\left(G\right)\Bigr)$

with $A$=AMIX and $B$=BMIX

If BMIX is chosen to be very small, e.g. BMIX=0.0001, a simple straight mixing is obtained. Please mind, that BMIX=0 might cause floating point exceptions on some platforms.

• IMIX=2: A variant of the popular Tchebycheff mixing scheme.

In our implementation a second order equation of motion is used, that reads:

$\ddot{\rho}_{\rm in}\left(G\right) = 2*A \frac{G^2}{G^2+B^2}\Bigl(\rho_{\rm out}\left(G\right)-\rho_{\rm in}\left(G\right)\Bigr)-\mu \dot{\rho}_{\rm in}\left(G\right)$

with $A$=AMIX, $B$=BMIX, and $\mu$=AMIN.

A simple velocity Verlet algorithm is used to integrate this equation, and the discretized equation reads (the index N now refers to the electronic iteration, F is the force acting on the charge):

$\dot{\rho}_{N+1/2} = \Bigl(\left(1-\mu/2\right) \dot{\rho}_{N-1/2} + 2*F_N \Bigr)/\left(1+\mu/2\right)$

where

$F\left(G\right)=A\frac{G^2}{G^2+B^2} \Bigl(\rho_{\rm out}\left(G\right)-\rho_{\rm in}\left(G\right)\Bigr)$

and

$\rho_{N+1}=\rho_{N+1}+\dot{\rho}_{N+1/2}$.

For BMIX≈0, no model for the dielectric matrix is used. It is easy to see, that for $\mu=2$ a simple straight mixing is obtained. Therefore, $\mu=2$ corresponds to maximal damping, and obviously $\mu=0$ implies no damping. Optimal parameters for $\mu$ and AMIX can be determined by converging first with the Pulay mixer (IMIX=4) to the groundstate. Then the eigenvalues of the charge dielectric matrix as given in the OUTCAR file must be inspected. Search for the last orrurance of

eigenvalues of (default mixing * dielectric matrix)

in the OUTCAR file. The optimal parameters are then given by:

AMIX	=	AMIX(as used in Pulay run)* smallest eigenvalue
AMIN	=	2*SQRT(smallest eigenvalue/largest eigenvalue)

• IMIX=4: Broyden's 2^nd method, or Pulay's mixing method (depending on the choice of WC).

Related Tags and Sections

INIMIX, MAXMIX, AMIX, BMIX, AMIX_MAG, BMIX_MAG, AMIN, MIXPRE, WC

References

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