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By default LAMMPS normalizes the temperature by an amount ''dof'' – ''d'', where ''dof'' is the system's total number of degrees of freedom and ''d'' is the dimensionality |
By default LAMMPS normalizes the temperature by an amount ''dof'' – ''d'', where ''dof'' is the system's total number of degrees of freedom and ''d'' is the system's dimensionality. Subtracting ''d'' accounts for the center-of-mass motion of the system. This is incorrect if the system has a proper frame of reference, e.g., when using a Langevin thermostat in which all particles interact with a stationary background solvent. In this case it is necessary to ensure ''dof'' is used instead of ''dof'' – ''d''. To do this, use the command [http://lammps.sandia.gov/doc/compute_modify.html compute_modify] as follows |
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Revision as of 19:14, 7 June 2014
Introduction
Assorted topics relevant to programming particle-based simulation codes and to using these codes for the modeling of a wide range of systems, notably complex fluids.
Molecular dynamics simulations
Special Usage Notes
By default LAMMPS normalizes the temperature by an amount dof – d, where dof is the system's total number of degrees of freedom and d is the system's dimensionality. Subtracting d accounts for the center-of-mass motion of the system. This is incorrect if the system has a proper frame of reference, e.g., when using a Langevin thermostat in which all particles interact with a stationary background solvent. In this case it is necessary to ensure dof is used instead of dof – d. To do this, use the command compute_modify as follows
compute myTemp all temp compute_modify myTemp extra 0 thermo_modify temp myTemp