Dear all

In case phonon calculation of methane, I got the following
frequencies.


-5167.7290  -1034.5158   -608.1908   -608.1117    -67.8524    -67.8411   
-23.1827     -0.3640     -0.0552      0.1225    1253.0287   2962.9873  
2989.7891   3311.1902   3311.2054



Again in *.FC calculation, forces on the methane atoms for +x and -x
displacement of atom no-1 are as follows.
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For -x displacement
     1    1.301549   -0.000023    0.000003
     2   -0.750276    0.000005    0.000000
     3    0.058844    0.004557    0.000000
     4   -0.670075   -0.000003   -0.000001
     5    0.058833   -0.004936   -0.000001

For +x displacement
     1   -1.301586   -0.000026   -0.000002
     2    0.669685    0.000006    0.000000
     3   -0.058834    0.004552    0.000000
     4    0.749907   -0.000003   -0.000001
     5   -0.058837   -0.004934   -0.000001
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Here forces on 2nd and 4th atom have difference force.
Are these will be same in + and - displacement of the atom?


For *.FC calculation may input file as given.
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# GGA
# Phonon 32 atom
# Methane

SystemName       Bond length calculation    # Descriptive name of the system
SystemLabel            Methane           # Short name for naming files

# Output options

LongOutput      true

# Species and atoms
%block ChemicalSpeciesLabel
  1  6  C
  2  1  H
%endblock ChemicalSpeciesLabel

NumberOfSpecies        2
NumberOfAtoms          5

WriteKpoints       true


PAO.Basis<basis.fdf


LatticeConstant        1  Ang
%block LatticeVectors
        10.0009892951      -0.000000035      -0.000000083
         -0.000000035     10.0009892778      -0.000000094
         -0.000000083      -0.000000094     10.0000562322
%endblock LatticeVectors
Meshcutoff         500 Ry
Kgridcutoff        50.0 Ang
xc.functional         GGA           # Exchange-correlation functional
xc.authors            PBE
MaxSCFIterations       500           # Maximum number of SCF iter
DM.UseSaveDM            true
MD.TypeOfRun           FC           # Type of dynamics:
MD.NumCGsteps          500
DM.Tolerance            0.1d-4
DM.Require.Energy.Convergence true
DM.Energy.Tolerance      0.1d-4 eV
#Atomic coordinates
AtomicCoordinatesFormat     Ang
%block AtomicCoordinatesAndAtomicSpecies
              05.00000000       05.00000000       05.00000000 1
              03.89716380       05.00000000       05.00000000 2
              05.00000000       03.89716380       05.00000000 2
              06.1028361       05.00000000       05.00000000 2
              05.00000000       06.1028361       05.00000000 2
%endblock AtomicCoordinatesAndAtomicSpecies


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Please help me what is going wrong.

Thanking you.



Regards
Saikat Paik
IIT Kanpur
Mtech
Mechanical Engineering.

















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