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fix qeq/comb command :h3

[Syntax:]

fix ID group-ID qeq/comb Nevery precision keyword value ... :pre

ID, group-ID are documented in "fix"_fix.html command :ulb,l
qeq/comb = style name of this fix command :l
Nevery = perform charge equilibration every this many steps :l
precision = convergence criterion for charge equilibration :l
zero or more keyword/value pairs may be appended :l
keyword = {file} :l
  {file} value = filename
    filename = name of file to write QEQ equilibration info to :pre
:ule

[Examples:]

fix 1 surface qeq/comb 10 0.0001 :pre

[Description:]

Perform charge equilibration (QeQ) in conjunction with the COMB
(Charge-Optimized Many-Body) potential as described in
"(COMB_1)"_#COMB_1 and "(COMB_2)"_#COMB_2.  It performs the charge
equilibration portion of the calculation using the so-called QEq
method, whereby the charge on each atom is adjusted to minimize the
energy of the system.  This fix can only be used with the COMB
potential; see the "fix qeq/reax"_fix_qeq_reqx.html command for a QeQ
calculation that can be used with any potential.

Only charges on the atoms in the specified group are equilibrated.
The fix relies on the pair style (COMB in this case) to calculate the
per-atom electronegativity (effective force on the charges).  An
electronegativity equalization calculation (or QEq) is performed in an
interative fashion, which in parallel requires communication at each
iteration for processors to exchange charge information about nearby
atoms with each other.  See "Rappe_and_Goddard"_#Rappe_and_Goddard and
"Rick_and_Stuart"_#Rick_and_Stuart for details.

During a run, charge equilibration is peformed every {Nevery} time
steps.  Charge equilibration is also always enforced on the first step
of each run.  The {precision} argument controls the tolerance for the
difference in electronegativity for all atoms during charge
equilibration.  {Precision} is a trade-off between the cost of
performing charge equilibration (more iterations) and accuracy.

If the {file} keyword is used, then information about each
equilibration calculation is written to the specifed file.

[Restart, fix_modify, output, run start/stop, minimize info:]

No information about this fix is written to "binary restart
files"_restart.html.  None of the "fix_modify"_fix_modify.html options
are relevant to this fix.

This fix produces a per-atom vector which can be accessed by various
"output commands"_Section_howto.html#4_15.  The vector stores the
gradient of the charge on each atom.  The per-atom values be accessed
on any timestep.

No parameter of this fix can be used with the {start/stop} keywords of
the "run"_run.html command.  This fix is not invoked during "energy
minimization"_minimize.html.

[Restrictions:] 

This fix command currently only supports "pair style {comb}"_pair_comb.html.

[Related commands:]

"pair_style comb"_pair_comb.html

[Default:]

No file output is performed.

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:link(COMB_1)
[(COMB_1)] J. Yu, S. B. Sinnott, S. R. Phillpot, Phys Rev B, 75, 085311 (2007),

:link(COMB_2)
[(COMB_2)] T.-R. Shan, B. D. Devine, T. W. Kemper, S. B. Sinnott, S. R.
Phillpot, Phys Rev B, 81, 125328 (2010).

:link(Rappe_and_Goddard)
[(Rappe_and_Goddard)] A. K. Rappe, W. A. Goddard, J Phys Chem 95, 3358
(1991).

:link(Rick_and_Stuart)
[(Rick_and_Stuart)] S. W. Rick, S. J. Stuart, B. J. Berne, J Chem Phys
101, 16141 (1994).
