Number of G-vectors changed in the star
This happens because the number of G vectors in the plane-wave basis for each k-point is determined according to
Using this criterion for different k-points will yield a different number of G-vectors that fall within the sphere for each k-point.
VASP by default computes the orbitals for k points in the irreducible Brillouin zone (IBZ) i.e. k-points that cannot be generated from another in the set by symmetry. For some calculations, VASP needs to generate the orbitals in the full Brillouin zone (FBZ) and does so by applying the symmetry operations to the orbitals in the IBZ to get them in the FBZ. The number of G-vectors within the sphere should be the same for k-points that are in a star i.e. the set of k-points that are generated by applying all the symmetry operations to one k-points in the IBZ. Sometimes the number of G-vectors is different for k-points that are within a star and you see this error
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 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 ### ### ### | | | | internal error in GENERATE_KPOINTS_TRANS: number of G-vector | | changed in star 570 569 | | | | ----> I REFUSE TO CONTINUE WITH THIS SICK JOB ... BYE!!! <---- | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
This should in principle not happen but it can happen because the symmetry operations are found within the SYMPREC tolerance.
There are a few things you can try to circumvent this problem:
- Symmetrize your POSCAR file using this script also see more details in POSCAR)
- Try and change ENCUT slightly
- Deactivate symmetries by setting ISYM=0 or ISYM=-1