Dear all,
I am running minimization of a MgO nanoparticle which is strained by using two indenters. I am using lammps 1Feb14.
I got the issue that during the minimization the energy might increase when using fire or quickmin minimizers. The energy typically first decreases, then after going through a minimum it can increase by more than one eV.
I do not get this issue when using conjugate gradient but I need to use fire of quickmin since I want to run NEB calculations.
I apparently do not get this issue without the indenter.
Are the indenters and the fire minimizer incompatible?
Am I doing something wrong?
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Thank you in advance for your help,
Emiile Maras