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{{TAGDEF|LMIXTAU|.TRUE. {{!}} .FALSE.|.FALSE.}}
{{TAGDEF|LMIXTAU|.TRUE. {{!}} .FALSE.|.FALSE.}}


Description: send the kinetic energy density through the density mixer as well.
Description: send the kinetic-energy density through the [[Density mixing|density mixer]] as well.
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In many cases the [[Density Mixing|density-mixing scheme]] works well enough without passing the kinetic-energy density through the mixer, which is why {{TAG|LMIXTAU}}=.FALSE., per default. However, when the selfconsistency cycle fails to converge for one of the algorithms exploiting density mixing, e.g, {{TAG|IALGO}}=38 or 48, one may set {{TAG|LMIXTAU}}=.TRUE. to have VASP pass the kinetic-energy density through the mixer as well.
In many cases, the [[Density mixing|density-mixing scheme]] works well enough without passing the kinetic-energy density through the mixer. Therefore VASP uses {{TAG|LMIXTAU}}=.FALSE. per default. However, when the self-consistency cycle fails to converge for one of the algorithms exploiting [[Density micing|density mixing]], e.g, {{TAG|IALGO}}=38 or 48, we recommend setting {{TAG|LMIXTAU}}=.TRUE..
This sometimes helps to cure convergence problems in the selfconsistency cycle.


== Related Tags and Sections ==
== Related tags and articles ==
{{TAG|METAGGA}},
{{TAG|METAGGA}},
{{TAG|LMAXTAU}}
{{TAG|LMAXTAU}}
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[[Category:INCAR]][[Category:Exchange-correlation functionals]][[Category:metaGGA]][[Category:Electronic Minimization]][[Category:Density Mixing]]
[[Category:INCAR]][[Category:Exchange-correlation functionals]][[Category:metaGGA]][[Category:Electronic minimization]][[Category:Density mixing]]

Revision as of 13:58, 6 April 2022

LMIXTAU = .TRUE. | .FALSE.
Default: LMIXTAU = .FALSE. 

Description: send the kinetic-energy density through the density mixer as well.


In many cases, the density-mixing scheme works well enough without passing the kinetic-energy density through the mixer. Therefore VASP uses LMIXTAU=.FALSE. per default. However, when the self-consistency cycle fails to converge for one of the algorithms exploiting density mixing, e.g, IALGO=38 or 48, we recommend setting LMIXTAU=.TRUE..

Related tags and articles

METAGGA, LMAXTAU

Examples that use this tag


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