lammps/doc/run_style.txt

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run_style command :h3

[Syntax:]

run_style style args :pre

style = {verlet} or {respa} :ulb,l
  {verlet} args = none
  {respa} args = N n1 n2 ... keyword values ...
    N = # of levels of rRESPA
    n1, n2, ... = loop factor between rRESPA levels (N-1 values)
    zero or more keyword/value pairings may be appended to the loop factors
    keyword = {bond} or {angle} or {dihedral} or {improper} or
	      {pair} or {inner} or {middle} or {outer} or {kspace}
      {bond} value = M
        M = which level (1-N) to compute bond forces in
      {angle} value = M
        M = which level (1-N) to compute angle forces in
      {dihedral} value = M
        M = which level (1-N) to compute dihedral forces in
      {improper} value = M
        M = which level (1-N) to compute improper forces in
      {pair} value = M
        M = which level (1-N) to compute pair forces in
      {inner} values = M cut1 cut2
        M = which level (1-N) to compute pair inner forces in
	cut1 = inner cutoff between pair inner and
	       pair middle or outer  (distance units)
	cut2 = outer cutoff between pair inner and
	       pair middle or outer  (distance units)
      {middle} values = M cut1 cut2
        M = which level (1-N) to compute pair middle forces in
	cut1 = inner cutoff between pair middle and pair outer (distance units)
	cut2 = outer cutoff between pair middle and pair outer (distance units)
      {outer} value = M
        M = which level (1-N) to compute pair outer forces in
      {kspace} value = M
        M = which level (1-N) to compute kspace forces in :pre
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[Examples:]

run_style verlet
run_style respa 4 2 2 2 bond 1 dihedral 2 pair 3 kspace 4
run_style respa 4 2 2 2 bond 1 dihedral 2 inner 3 5.0 6.0 outer 4 kspace 4 :pre

[Description:]

Choose the style of time integrator used for molecular dynamics
simulations performed by LAMMPS.

The {verlet} style is a velocity-Verlet integrator.

The {respa} style implements the rRESPA multi-timescale integrator
"(Tuckerman)"_#Tuckerman with N hierarchical levels, where level 1 is
the innermost loop (shortest timestep) and level N is the outermost
loop (largest timestep).  The loop factor arguments specify what the
looping factor is between levels.  N1 specifies the number of
iterations of level 1 for a single iteration of level 2, N2 is the
iterations of level 2 per iteration of level 3, etc.  N-1 looping
parameters must be specified.

The "timestep"_timestep.html command sets the timestep for the
outermost rRESPA level.  Thus if the example command above for a
4-level rRESPA had an outer timestep of 4.0 fmsec, the inner timestep
would be 8x smaller or 0.5 fmsec.  All other LAMMPS commands that
specify number of timesteps (e.g. "neigh_modify"_neigh_modify.html
parameters, "dump"_dump.html every N timesteps, etc) refer to the
outermost timesteps.

The rRESPA keywords enable you to specify at what level of the
hierarchy various forces will be computed.  If not specified, the
defaults are that bond forces are computed at level 1 (innermost
loop), angle forces are computed where bond forces are, dihedral
forces are computed where angle forces are, improper forces are
computed where dihedral forces are, pair forces are computed at the
outermost level, and kspace forces are computed where pair forces are.
The inner, middle, outer forces have no defaults.

The {inner} and {middle} keywords take additional arguments for
cutoffs that are used by the pairwise force computations.  If the 2
cutoffs for {inner} are 5.0 and 6.0, this means that all pairs up to
6.0 apart are computed by the inner force.  Those between 5.0 and 6.0
have their force go ramped to 0.0 so the overlap with the next regime
(middle or outer) is smooth.  The next regime (middle or outer) will
compute forces for all pairs from 5.0 outward, with those from 5.0 to
6.0 having their value ramped in an inverse manner.

Only some pair potentials support the use of the {inner} and {middle}
and {outer} keywords.  If not, only the {pair} keyword can be used
with that pair style, meaning all pairwise forces are computed at the
same rRESPA level.  See the doc pages for individual pair styles for
details.

When using rRESPA (or for any MD simulation) care must be taken to
choose a timestep size(s) that insures the Hamiltonian for the chosen
ensemble is conserved.  For the constant NVE ensemble, total energy
must be conserved.  Unfortunately, it is difficult to know {a priori}
how well energy will be conserved, and a fairly long test simulation
(~10 ps) is usually necessary in order to verify that no long-term
drift in energy occurs with the trial set of parameters.

With that caveat, a few rules-of-thumb may be useful in selecting
{respa} settings.  The following applies mostly to biomolecular
simulations using the CHARMM or a similar all-atom force field, but
the concepts are adaptable to other problems.  Without SHAKE, bonds
involving hydrogen atoms exhibit high-frequency vibrations and require
a timestep on the order of 0.5 fmsec in order to conserve energy.  The
relatively inexpensive force computations for the bonds, angles,
impropers, and dihedrals can be computed on this innermost 0.5 fmsec
step.  The outermost timestep cannot be greater than 4.0 fmsec without
risking energy drift.  Smooth switching of forces between the levels
of the rRESPA hierarchy is also necessary to avoid drift, and a 1-2
angstrom "healing distance" (the distance between the outer and inner
cutoffs) works reasonably well.  We thus recommend the following
settings for use of the {respa} style without SHAKE in biomolecular
simulations:

timestep  4.0
run_style respa 4 2 2 2 inner 2 4.5 6.0 middle 3 8.0 10.0 outer 4 :pre

With these settings, users can expect good energy conservation and
roughly a 2.5 fold speedup over the {verlet} style with a 0.5 fmsec
timestep.

If SHAKE is used with the {respa} style, time reversibility is lost,
but substantially longer time steps can be achieved.  For biomolecular
simulations using the CHARMM or similar all-atom force field, bonds
involving hydrogen atoms exhibit high frequency vibrations and require
a time step on the order of 0.5 fmsec in order to conserve energy.
These high frequency modes also limit the outer time step sizes since
the modes are coupled.  It is therefore desirable to use SHAKE with
respa in order to freeze out these high frequency motions and increase
the size of the time steps in the respa hierarchy.  The following
settings can be used for biomolecular simulations with SHAKE and
rRESPA:

fix             2 all shake 0.000001 500 0 m 1.0 a 1
timestep        4.0
run_style	respa 2 2 inner 1 4.0 5.0 outer 2 :pre

With these settings, users can expect good energy conservation and
roughly a 1.5 fold speedup over the {verlet} style with SHAKE and a
2.0 fmsec timestep.

For non-biomolecular simulations, the {respa} style can be
advantageous if there is a clear separation of time scales - fast and
slow modes in the simulation.  Even a LJ system can benefit from
rRESPA if the interactions are divided by the inner, middle and outer
keywords.  A 2-fold or more speedup can be obtained while maintaining
good energy conservation.  In real units, for a pure LJ fluid at
liquid density, with a sigma of 3.0 angstroms, and epsilon of 0.1
Kcal/mol, the following settings seem to work well:

timestep  36.0  
run_style respa 3 3 4 inner 1 3.0 4.0 middle 2 6.0 7.0 outer 3 :pre

[Restrictions:] none

Whenever using rRESPA, the user should experiment with trade-offs in
speed and accuracy for their system, and verify that they are
conserving energy to adequate precision.

[Related commands:]

"timestep"_timestep.html, "run"_run.html

[Default:]

run_style verlet :pre

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:link(Tuckerman)
[(Tuckerman)] Tuckerman, Berne and Martyna, J Chem Phys, 97, p 1990
(1992).