Help with Stan modeling using Mixture model

Have you tried following the provided link and tried any of the offered help there?

Generally for mixture models I found that you have to help the model identify the components via the priors, otherwise the chains can separate. There are a few threads in my comment history regarding such problems. You might find them there or with the search function. This is an example where narrower (and more distinct) priors helped with convergence: Convergence issues with brms mixture models

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