lammps/doc/pair_edip.txt

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pair_style edip command :h3

[Syntax:]

pair_style edip :pre

[Examples:]

pair_style edip
pair_coeff * * Si.edip Si

[Description:]

The {edip} style computes a 3-body "EDIP"_#EDIP
potential for the energy E of a system of atoms as

:c,image(Eqs/pair_edip.jpg)

where phi2 is a two-body term and phi3 is a three-body term.  The
summations in the formula are over all neighbors J and K of atom I
within a cutoff distance = a.
Both terms depend on the local environment of atom I through its
effective coordination number defined by Z, which is unity for a
cutoff distance < c and gently goes to 0 at distance = a.

Only a single pair_coeff command is used with the {edip} style which
specifies a EDIP potential file with parameters for all
needed elements.  These are mapped to LAMMPS atom types by specifying
N additional arguments after the filename in the pair_coeff command,
where N is the number of LAMMPS atom types:

filename
N element names = mapping of EDIP elements to atom types :ul

As an example, imagine a file Si.edip has EDIP values for Si.

EDIP files in the {potentials} directory of the LAMMPS
distribution have a ".edip" suffix.  Lines that are not blank or
comments (starting with #) define parameters for a triplet of
elements.  The parameters in a single entry correspond to the two-body
and three-body coefficients in the formula above:

element 1 (the center atom in a 3-body interaction)
element 2
element 3
A (energy units)
B (distance units)
cutoffA (distance units)
cutoffC (distance units)
alpha
beta
eta
gamma (distance units)
lambda (energy units)
mu
tho
sigma (distance units)
Q0
u1
u2
u3
u4 :ul

The A, B, beta, sigma parameters are used only for two-body interactions.
The eta, gamma, lambda, mu, Q0 and all u1 to u4 parameters are used only 
for three-body interactions. The alpha and cutoffC parameters are used
for the coordination environment function only.

The EDIP potential file must contain entries for all the
elements listed in the pair_coeff command.  It can also contain
entries for additional elements not being used in a particular
simulation; LAMMPS ignores those entries.

For a single-element simulation, only a single entry is required
(e.g. SiSiSi).  For a two-element simulation, the file must contain 8
entries (for SiSiSi, SiSiC, SiCSi, SiCC, CSiSi, CSiC, CCSi, CCC), that
specify EDIP parameters for all permutations of the two elements
interacting in three-body configurations.  Thus for 3 elements, 27
entries would be required, etc.

At the moment, only a single element parametrization is 
implemented. However, the author is not aware of other 
multi-element EDIP parametrizations. If you know any and 
you are interest in that, please contact the author of
the EDIP package.

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[Mixing, shift, table, tail correction, restart, rRESPA info]:

This pair style does not support the "pair_modify"_pair_modify.html
shift, table, and tail options.

This pair style does not write its information to "binary restart
files"_restart.html, since it is stored in potential files.  Thus, you
need to re-specify the pair_style and pair_coeff commands in an input
script that reads a restart file.

This pair style can only be used via the {pair} keyword of the
"run_style respa"_run_style.html command.  It does not support the
{inner}, {middle}, {outer} keywords.

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[Restrictions:]

This angle style can only be used if LAMMPS was built with the
USER-MISC package.  See the "Making LAMMPS"_Section_start.html#start_3
section for more info on packages.

This pair style requires the "newton"_newton.html setting to be "on"
for pair interactions.

The EDIP potential files provided with LAMMPS (see the potentials directory) 
are parameterized for metal "units"_units.html.
You can use the SW potential with any LAMMPS units, but you would need
to create your own EDIP potential file with coefficients listed in the
appropriate units if your simulation doesn't use "metal" units.

[Related commands:]

"pair_coeff"_pair_coeff.html

[Default:] none

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:link(EDIP)
[(EDIP)] J. F. Justo et al., Phys. Rev. B 58, 2539 (1998).