<li>zero or more keyword/value pairs may be appended</li>
<li>keyword = <em>q</em> or <em>mu</em> or <em>p0</em> or <em>v0</em> or <em>e0</em> or <em>tscale</em> or <em>damp</em> or <em>seed*or *f_max</em> or <em>N_f</em> or <em>eta</em> or <em>beta</em> or <em>T_init</em></li>
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<em>q</em> value = cell mass-like parameter (mass^2/distance^4 units)
<em>mu</em> value = artificial viscosity (mass/distance/time units)
<em>p0</em> value = initial pressure in the shock equations (pressure units)
<em>v0</em> value = initial simulation cell volume in the shock equations (distance^3 units)
<em>e0</em> value = initial total energy (energy units)
<em>tscale</em> value = reduction in initial temperature (unitless fraction between 0.0 and 1.0)
<em>damp</em> value = damping parameter (time units) inverse of friction <i>&gamma;</i>
<em>seed</em> value = random number seed (positive integer)
<em>f_max</em> value = upper cutoff frequency of the vibration spectrum (1/time units)
<em>N_f</em> value = number of frequency bins (positive integer)
<em>eta</em> value = coupling constant between the shock system and the quantum thermal bath (positive unitless)
<em>beta</em> value = the quantum temperature is updated every beta time steps (positive integer)
<em>T_init</em> value = quantum temperature for the initial state (temperature units)
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<h2>Examples<aclass="headerlink"href="#examples"title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<divclass="highlight-python"><divclass="highlight"><pre>fix 1 all qbmsst z 0.122 q 25 mu 0.9 tscale 0.01 damp 200 seed 35082 f_max 0.3 N_f 100 eta 1 beta 400 T_init 110 (liquid methane modeled with the REAX force field, real units)
fix 2 all qbmsst z 72 q 40 tscale 0.05 damp 1 seed 47508 f_max 120.0 N_f 100 eta 1.0 beta 500 T_init 300 (quartz modeled with the BKS force field, metal units)
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<p>Two example input scripts are given, including shocked alpha quartz
<h2>Restart, fix_modify, output, run start/stop, minimize info<aclass="headerlink"href="#restart-fix-modify-output-run-start-stop-minimize-info"title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Because the state of the random number generator is not written to
<aclass="reference internal"href="restart.html"><em>binary restart files</em></a>, this fix cannot be restarted
“exactly” in an uninterrupted fashion. However, in a statistical
<li><em>dhugoniot</em> is the departure from the Hugoniot (temperature units).</li>
<li><em>drayleigh</em> is the departure from the Rayleigh line (pressure units).</li>
<li><em>lagrangian_speed</em> is the laboratory-frame Lagrangian speed (particle velocity) of the computational cell (velocity units).</li>
<li><em>lagrangian_position</em> is the computational cell position in the reference frame moving at the shock speed. This is the distance of the computational cell behind the shock front.</li>
<li><em>quantum_temperature</em> is the temperature of the quantum thermal bath <i>T</i><sup>qm</sup>.</li>
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<p>To print these quantities to the log file with descriptive column
<aclass="reference internal"href="fix_modify.html"><em>fix_modify</em></a> energy command is also enabled to allow
the thermo keyword <em>etotal</em> to print the quantity <i>etot</i>. See
also the <aclass="reference internal"href="thermo_style.html"><em>thermo_style</em></a> command.</p>
<divclass="highlight-python"><divclass="highlight"><pre>fix fix_id all msst z
fix_modify fix_id energy yes
variable dhug equal f_fix_id[1]
variable dray equal f_fix_id[2]
variable lgr_vel equal f_fix_id[3]
variable lgr_pos equal f_fix_id[4]
variable T_qm equal f_fix_id[5]
thermo_style custom step temp ke pe lz pzz etotal v_dhug v_dray v_lgr_vel v_lgr_pos v_T_qm f_fix_id
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<p>The global scalar under the entry f_fix_id is the quantity of thermo
energy as an extra part of <i>etot</i>. This global scalar and the
vector of 5 quantities can be accessed by various <aclass="reference internal"href="Section_howto.html#howto-15"><span>output commands</span></a>. It is worth noting that the
temp keyword under the <aclass="reference internal"href="thermo_style.html"><em>thermo_style</em></a> command print
the instantaneous classical temperature <i>T</i><sup>cl</sup> as
described in the command <aclass="reference internal"href="fix_qtb.html"><em>fix qtb</em></a>.</p>
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<h2>Restrictions<aclass="headerlink"href="#restrictions"title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>This fix style is part of the USER-QTB package. It is only enabled if
LAMMPS was built with that package. See the <aclass="reference internal"href="Section_start.html#start-3"><span>Making LAMMPS</span></a> section for more info.</p>
<p>All cell dimensions must be periodic. This fix can not be used with a
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