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  <div class="section" id="pair-style-lj-cut-dipole-cut-command">
<span id="index-0"></span><h1>pair_style lj/cut/dipole/cut command</h1>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pair-style-lj-cut-dipole-cut-gpu-command">
<h1>pair_style lj/cut/dipole/cut/gpu command</h1>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pair-style-lj-cut-dipole-cut-omp-command">
<h1>pair_style lj/cut/dipole/cut/omp command</h1>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pair-style-lj-sf-dipole-sf-command">
<h1>pair_style lj/sf/dipole/sf command</h1>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pair-style-lj-sf-dipole-sf-gpu-command">
<h1>pair_style lj/sf/dipole/sf/gpu command</h1>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pair-style-lj-sf-dipole-sf-omp-command">
<h1>pair_style lj/sf/dipole/sf/omp command</h1>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pair-style-lj-cut-dipole-long-command">
<h1>pair_style lj/cut/dipole/long command</h1>
</div>
<div class="section" id="pair-style-lj-long-dipole-long-command">
<h1>pair_style lj/long/dipole/long command</h1>
<div class="section" id="syntax">
<h2>Syntax</h2>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pair_style</span> <span class="n">lj</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">cut</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">dipole</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">cut</span> <span class="n">cutoff</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cutoff2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">pair_style</span> <span class="n">lj</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">sf</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">dipole</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">sf</span> <span class="n">cutoff</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cutoff2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">pair_style</span> <span class="n">lj</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">cut</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">dipole</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">long</span> <span class="n">cutoff</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cutoff2</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">pair_style</span> <span class="n">lj</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">long</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">dipole</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">long</span> <span class="n">flag_lj</span> <span class="n">flag_coul</span> <span class="n">cutoff</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="n">cutoff2</span><span class="p">)</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<ul class="simple">
<li>cutoff = global cutoff LJ (and Coulombic if only 1 arg) (distance units)</li>
<li>cutoff2 = global cutoff for Coulombic and dipole (optional) (distance units)</li>
<li>flag_lj = <em>long</em> or <em>cut</em> or <em>off</em></li>
</ul>
<pre class="literal-block">
<em>long</em> = use long-range damping on dispersion 1/r^6 term
<em>cut</em> = use a cutoff on dispersion 1/r^6 term
<em>off</em> = omit disperion 1/r^6 term entirely
</pre>
<ul class="simple">
<li>flag_coul = <em>long</em> or <em>off</em></li>
</ul>
<pre class="literal-block">
<em>long</em> = use long-range damping on Coulombic 1/r and point-dipole terms
<em>off</em> = omit Coulombic and point-dipole terms entirely
</pre>
</div>
<div class="section" id="examples">
<h2>Examples</h2>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pair_style</span> <span class="n">lj</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">cut</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">dipole</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">cut</span> <span class="mf">10.0</span>
<span class="n">pair_coeff</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span>
<span class="n">pair_coeff</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span> <span class="mf">2.5</span> <span class="mf">4.0</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pair_style</span> <span class="n">lj</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">sf</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">dipole</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">sf</span> <span class="mf">9.0</span>
<span class="n">pair_coeff</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span>
<span class="n">pair_coeff</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span> <span class="mf">2.5</span> <span class="mf">4.0</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pair_style</span> <span class="n">lj</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">cut</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">dipole</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">long</span> <span class="mf">10.0</span>
<span class="n">pair_coeff</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span>
<span class="n">pair_coeff</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span> <span class="mf">2.5</span> <span class="mf">4.0</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">pair_style</span> <span class="n">lj</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">long</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">dipole</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">long</span> <span class="n">long</span> <span class="n">long</span> <span class="mf">3.5</span> <span class="mf">10.0</span>
<span class="n">pair_coeff</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span>
<span class="n">pair_coeff</span> <span class="mi">2</span> <span class="mi">3</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span> <span class="mf">1.0</span> <span class="mf">2.5</span> <span class="mf">4.0</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="description">
<h2>Description</h2>
<p>Style <em>lj/cut/dipole/cut</em> computes interactions between pairs of particles
that each have a charge and/or a point dipole moment.  In addition to
the usual Lennard-Jones interaction between the particles (Elj) the
charge-charge (Eqq), charge-dipole (Eqp), and dipole-dipole (Epp)
interactions are computed by these formulas for the energy (E), force
(F), and torque (T) between particles I and J.</p>
<img alt="_images/pair_dipole.jpg" class="align-center" src="_images/pair_dipole.jpg" />
<p>where qi and qj are the charges on the two particles, pi and pj are
the dipole moment vectors of the two particles, r is their separation
distance, and the vector r = Ri - Rj is the separation vector between
the two particles.  Note that Eqq and Fqq are simply Coulombic energy
and force, Fij = -Fji as symmetric forces, and Tij != -Tji since the
torques do not act symmetrically.  These formulas are discussed in
<a class="reference internal" href="pair_gayberne.html#allen"><span class="std std-ref">(Allen)</span></a> and in <a class="reference internal" href="#toukmaji"><span class="std std-ref">(Toukmaji)</span></a>.</p>
<p>Style <em>lj/sf/dipole/sf</em> computes &#8220;shifted-force&#8221; interactions between
pairs of particles that each have a charge and/or a point dipole
moment. In general, a shifted-force potential is a (sligthly) modified
potential containing extra terms that make both the energy and its
derivative go to zero at the cutoff distance; this removes
(cutoff-related) problems in energy conservation and any numerical
instability in the equations of motion <a class="reference internal" href="pair_gayberne.html#allen"><span class="std std-ref">(Allen)</span></a>. Shifted-force
interactions for the Lennard-Jones (E_LJ), charge-charge (Eqq),
charge-dipole (Eqp), dipole-charge (Epq) and dipole-dipole (Epp)
potentials are computed by these formulas for the energy (E), force
(F), and torque (T) between particles I and J:</p>
<img alt="_images/pair_dipole_sf.jpg" class="align-center" src="_images/pair_dipole_sf.jpg" />
<img alt="_images/pair_dipole_sf2.jpg" class="align-center" src="_images/pair_dipole_sf2.jpg" />
<p>where epsilon and sigma are the standard LJ parameters, r_c is the
cutoff, qi and qj are the charges on the two particles, pi and pj are
the dipole moment vectors of the two particles, r is their separation
distance, and the vector r = Ri - Rj is the separation vector between
the two particles.  Note that Eqq and Fqq are simply Coulombic energy
and force, Fij = -Fji as symmetric forces, and Tij != -Tji since the
torques do not act symmetrically.  The shifted-force formula for the
Lennard-Jones potential is reported in <a class="reference internal" href="#stoddard"><span class="std std-ref">(Stoddard)</span></a>.  The
original (unshifted) formulas for the electrostatic potentials, forces
and torques can be found in <a class="reference internal" href="#price"><span class="std std-ref">(Price)</span></a>.  The shifted-force
electrostatic potentials have been obtained by applying equation 5.13
of <a class="reference internal" href="pair_gayberne.html#allen"><span class="std std-ref">(Allen)</span></a>. The formulas for the corresponding forces and
torques have been obtained by applying the &#8216;chain rule&#8217; as in appendix
C.3 of <a class="reference internal" href="pair_gayberne.html#allen"><span class="std std-ref">(Allen)</span></a>.</p>
<p>If one cutoff is specified in the pair_style command, it is used for
both the LJ and Coulombic (q,p) terms.  If two cutoffs are specified,
they are used as cutoffs for the LJ and Coulombic (q,p) terms
respectively.</p>
<p>Style <em>lj/cut/dipole/long</em> computes long-range point-dipole
interactions as discussed in <a class="reference internal" href="#toukmaji"><span class="std std-ref">(Toukmaji)</span></a>. Dipole-dipole,
dipole-charge, and charge-charge interactions are all supported, along
with the standard 12/6 Lennard-Jones interactions, which are computed
with a cutoff.  A <a class="reference internal" href="kspace_style.html"><span class="doc">kspace_style</span></a> must be defined to
use this pair style.  Currently, only <a class="reference internal" href="kspace_style.html"><span class="doc">kspace_style ewald/disp</span></a> support long-range point-dipole
interactions.</p>
<p>Style <em>lj/long/dipole/long</em> also computes point-dipole interactions as
discussed in <a class="reference internal" href="#toukmaji"><span class="std std-ref">(Toukmaji)</span></a>. Long-range dipole-dipole,
dipole-charge, and charge-charge interactions are all supported, along
with the standard 12/6 Lennard-Jones interactions.  LJ interactions
can be cutoff or long-ranged.</p>
<p>For style <em>lj/long/dipole/long</em>, if <em>flag_lj</em> is set to <em>long</em>, no
cutoff is used on the LJ 1/r^6 dispersion term.  The long-range
portion is calculated by using the <a class="reference internal" href="kspace_style.html"><span class="doc">kspace_style ewald_disp</span></a> command.  The specified LJ cutoff then
determines which portion of the LJ interactions are computed directly
by the pair potential versus which part is computed in reciprocal
space via the Kspace style.  If <em>flag_lj</em> is set to <em>cut</em>, the LJ
interactions are simply cutoff, as with <a class="reference internal" href="pair_lj.html"><span class="doc">pair_style lj/cut</span></a>.  If <em>flag_lj</em> is set to <em>off</em>, LJ interactions
are not computed at all.</p>
<p>If <em>flag_coul</em> is set to <em>long</em>, no cutoff is used on the Coulombic or
dipole interactions.  The long-range portion is calculated by using
<em>ewald_disp</em> of the <a class="reference internal" href="kspace_style.html"><span class="doc">kspace_style</span></a> command. If
<em>flag_coul</em> is set to <em>off</em>, Coulombic and dipole interactions are not
computed at all.</p>
<p>Atoms with dipole moments should be integrated using the <a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_sphere.html"><span class="doc">fix nve/sphere update dipole</span></a> command to rotate the
dipole moments.  The <em>omega</em> option on the <a class="reference internal" href="fix_langevin.html"><span class="doc">fix langevin</span></a> command can be used to thermostat the
rotational motion.  The <a class="reference internal" href="compute_temp_sphere.html"><span class="doc">compute temp/sphere</span></a>
command can be used to monitor the temperature, since it includes
rotational degrees of freedom.  The <a class="reference internal" href="atom_style.html"><span class="doc">atom_style dipole</span></a> command should be used since it defines the
point dipoles and their rotational state.  The magnitude of the dipole
moment for each type of particle can be defined by the
<span class="xref doc">dipole</span> command or in the &#8220;Dipoles&#8221; section of the data
file read in by the <a class="reference internal" href="read_data.html"><span class="doc">read_data</span></a> command.  Their initial
orientation can be defined by the <a class="reference internal" href="set.html"><span class="doc">set dipole</span></a> command or in
the &#8220;Atoms&#8221; section of the data file.</p>
<p>The following coefficients must be defined for each pair of atoms
types via the <a class="reference internal" href="pair_coeff.html"><span class="doc">pair_coeff</span></a> command as in the examples
above, or in the data file or restart files read by the
<a class="reference internal" href="read_data.html"><span class="doc">read_data</span></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="read_restart.html"><span class="doc">read_restart</span></a>
commands, or by mixing as described below:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li>epsilon (energy units)</li>
<li>sigma (distance units)</li>
<li>cutoff1 (distance units)</li>
<li>cutoff2 (distance units)</li>
</ul>
<p>The latter 2 coefficients are optional.  If not specified, the global
LJ and Coulombic cutoffs specified in the pair_style command are used.
If only one cutoff is specified, it is used as the cutoff for both LJ
and Coulombic interactions for this type pair.  If both coefficients
are specified, they are used as the LJ and Coulombic cutoffs for this
type pair.</p>
<hr class="docutils" />
<p>Styles with a <em>gpu</em>, <em>intel</em>, <em>kk</em>, <em>omp</em>, or <em>opt</em> suffix are
functionally the same as the corresponding style without the suffix.
They have been optimized to run faster, depending on your available
hardware, as discussed in <a class="reference internal" href="Section_accelerate.html"><span class="doc">Section_accelerate</span></a>
of the manual.  The accelerated styles take the same arguments and
should produce the same results, except for round-off and precision
issues.</p>
<p>These accelerated styles are part of the GPU, USER-INTEL, KOKKOS,
USER-OMP and OPT packages, respectively.  They are only enabled if
LAMMPS was built with those packages.  See the <a class="reference internal" href="Section_start.html#start-3"><span class="std std-ref">Making LAMMPS</span></a> section for more info.</p>
<p>You can specify the accelerated styles explicitly in your input script
by including their suffix, or you can use the <a class="reference internal" href="Section_start.html#start-7"><span class="std std-ref">-suffix command-line switch</span></a> when you invoke LAMMPS, or you can
use the <a class="reference internal" href="suffix.html"><span class="doc">suffix</span></a> command in your input script.</p>
<p>See <a class="reference internal" href="Section_accelerate.html"><span class="doc">Section_accelerate</span></a> of the manual for
more instructions on how to use the accelerated styles effectively.</p>
<hr class="docutils" />
<p><strong>Mixing, shift, table, tail correction, restart, rRESPA info</strong>:</p>
<p>For atom type pairs I,J and I != J, the epsilon and sigma coefficients
and cutoff distances for this pair style can be mixed.  The default
mix value is <em>geometric</em>.  See the &#8220;pair_modify&#8221; command for details.</p>
<p>For atom type pairs I,J and I != J, the A, sigma, d1, and d2
coefficients and cutoff distance for this pair style can be mixed.  A
is an energy value mixed like a LJ epsilon.  D1 and d2 are distance
values and are mixed like sigma.  The default mix value is
<em>geometric</em>.  See the &#8220;pair_modify&#8221; command for details.</p>
<p>This pair style does not support the <a class="reference internal" href="pair_modify.html"><span class="doc">pair_modify</span></a>
shift option for the energy of the Lennard-Jones portion of the pair
interaction; such energy goes to zero at the cutoff by construction.</p>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="pair_modify.html"><span class="doc">pair_modify</span></a> table option is not relevant
for this pair style.</p>
<p>This pair style does not support the <a class="reference internal" href="pair_modify.html"><span class="doc">pair_modify</span></a>
tail option for adding long-range tail corrections to energy and
pressure.</p>
<p>This pair style writes its information to <a class="reference internal" href="restart.html"><span class="doc">binary restart files</span></a>, so pair_style and pair_coeff commands do not need
to be specified in an input script that reads a restart file.</p>
<p>This pair style can only be used via the <em>pair</em> keyword of the
<a class="reference internal" href="run_style.html"><span class="doc">run_style respa</span></a> command.  It does not support the
<em>inner</em>, <em>middle</em>, <em>outer</em> keywords.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="restrictions">
<h2>Restrictions</h2>
<p>The <em>lj/cut/dipole/cut</em>, <em>lj/cut/dipole/long</em>, and
<em>lj/long/dipole/long</em> styles are part of the DIPOLE package.  They are
only enabled if LAMMPS was built with that package.  See the <a class="reference internal" href="Section_start.html#start-3"><span class="std std-ref">Making LAMMPS</span></a> section for more info.</p>
<p>The <em>lj/sf/dipole/sf</em> style is part of the USER-MISC package.  It is
only enabled if LAMMPS was built with that package.  See the <a class="reference internal" href="Section_start.html#start-3"><span class="std std-ref">Making LAMMPS</span></a> section for more info.</p>
<p>Using dipole pair styles with <em>electron</em> <a class="reference internal" href="units.html"><span class="doc">units</span></a> is not
currently supported.</p>
</div>
<div class="section" id="related-commands">
<h2>Related commands</h2>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="pair_coeff.html"><span class="doc">pair_coeff</span></a></p>
<p><strong>Default:</strong> none</p>
<hr class="docutils" />
<p id="allen"><strong>(Allen)</strong> Allen and Tildesley, Computer Simulation of Liquids,
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1987.</p>
<p id="toukmaji"><strong>(Toukmaji)</strong> Toukmaji, Sagui, Board, and Darden, J Chem Phys, 113,
10913 (2000).</p>
<p id="stoddard"><strong>(Stoddard)</strong> Stoddard and Ford, Phys Rev A, 8, 1504 (1973).</p>
<p id="price"><strong>(Price)</strong> Price, Stone and Alderton, Mol Phys, 52, 987 (1984).</p>
</div>
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