Dear Kejiang
As a very general rule, partially depending on the history of the
codes included in the QE distribution, pw.x is the "engine" for
electronic structure calculations (including geometry and cell
optimizations, but also Born-Oppenheimer MD simulations), and cp.x the
"engine" for Car-Parrinello ab initio molecular dynamics simulations.
A very high degree of interoperability between the two codes has been
achieved in more recent years, but as a useful rule of thumb it is
still sensible to perform your calculations using the designated code.
Regarding the main parameters, of course using the same
pseudopotentials with the same ecutwfc and ecutrho is a good starting
point, but there are tips and tricks that depend on your actual setup.
HTH
Giuseppe
Quoting [email protected]:
Dear QE-Users,
In QE 7.0, I noticed that the calculation choice for cp.x can also be
'relax', 'vc-relax', 'scf', and 'nscf' which are the key functions of pw.x.
But the other parameters in cp.x are far less than the pw.x, for instance,
it is known that K point cannot be set in cp.x.
Could anyone help to explain the difference between pw.x and cp.x for
'relax', 've-relax' calculation.
Because I am trying to do some CPMD simulation which can only be done with
cp.x, I hope to use cp.x for 'relax' and 'vc-relax' calculation to keep the
consistence of parameters in the whole process.
Any comments or suggestions will be much appreciated.
All the best,
Kejiang
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