optimization with light atoms


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The potential curve for the helium dimer is very flat and our default geometry optimizer is not very smart under these circumstances.
Please try the input below
echo
start nw
charge 0

geometry   
      He  -8.67636000  -0.30490000   0.00000000   # 1
      He  -5.71316000  -0.37225000   0.00000000   # 2
end 

basis spherical
 * library cc-pvtz
end 

scf 
 maxiter 1000 
end 

dft 
 xc pbe0
 disp vdw 3 
grid fine
convergence energy 1d-8
end 

driver 
 clear 
 TIGHT
 eprec   1e-08
 maxiter 2000
 lbfgs
end 


task DFT optimize