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"LAMMPS WWW Site"_lws - "LAMMPS Documentation"_ld - "LAMMPS Commands"_lc :c
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:link(lws,http://lammps.sandia.gov)
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:link(ld,Manual.html)
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:link(lc,Section_commands.html#comm)
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:line
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compute centro/atom command :h3
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[Syntax:]
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compute ID group-ID centro/atom lattice :pre
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ID, group-ID are documented in "compute"_compute.html command
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centro/atom = style name of this compute command
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lattice = {fcc} or {bcc} or N = # of neighbors per atom to include :ul
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[Examples:]
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compute 1 all centro/atom fcc :pre
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compute 1 all centro/atom 8 :pre
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[Description:]
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Define a computation that calculates the centro-symmetry parameter for
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each atom in the group. In solid-state systems the centro-symmetry
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parameter is a useful measure of the local lattice disorder around an
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atom and can be used to characterize whether the atom is part of a
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perfect lattice, a local defect (e.g. a dislocation or stacking
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fault), or at a surface.
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The value of the centro-symmetry parameter will be 0.0 for atoms not
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in the specified compute group.
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This parameter is computed using the following formula from
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"(Kelchner)"_#Kelchner
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:c,image(Eqs/centro_symmetry.jpg)
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where the {N} nearest neighbors or each atom are identified and Ri and
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Ri+N/2 are vectors from the central atom to a particular pair of
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nearest neighbors. There are N*(N-1)/2 possible neighbor pairs that
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can contribute to this formula. The quantity in the sum is computed
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for each, and the N/2 smallest are used. This will typically be for
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pairs of atoms in symmetrically opposite positions with respect to the
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central atom; hence the i+N/2 notation.
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{N} is an input parameter, which should be set to correspond to the
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number of nearest neighbors in the underlying lattice of atoms. If
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the keyword {fcc} or {bcc} is used, {N} is set to 12 and 8
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respectively. More generally, {N} can be set to a positive, even
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integer.
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For an atom on a lattice site, surrounded by atoms on a perfect
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lattice, the centro-symmetry parameter will be 0. It will be near 0
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for small thermal perturbations of a perfect lattice. If a point
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defect exists, the symmetry is broken, and the parameter will be a
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larger positive value. An atom at a surface will have a large
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positive parameter. If the atom does not have {N} neighbors (within
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the potential cutoff), then its centro-symmetry parameter is set to
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0.0.
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Only atoms within the cutoff of the pairwise neighbor list are
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considered as possible neighbors. Atoms not in the compute group are
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included in the {N} neighbors used in this calculation.
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The neighbor list needed to compute this quantity is constructed each
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time the calculation is performed (e.g. each time a snapshot of atoms
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is dumped). Thus it can be inefficient to compute/dump this quantity
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too frequently or to have multiple compute/dump commands, each with a
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{centro/atom} style.
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[Output info:]
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This compute calculates a per-atom vector, which can be accessed by
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any command that uses per-atom values from a compute as input. See
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"Section_howto 15"_Section_howto.html#howto_15 for an overview of
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LAMMPS output options.
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The per-atom vector values are unitless values >= 0.0. Their
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magnitude depends on the lattice style due to the number of
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contibuting neighbor pairs in the summation in the formula above. And
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it depends on the local defects surrounding the central atom, as
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described above.
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Here are typical centro-symmetry values, from a a nanoindentation
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simulation into gold (FCC). These were provided by Jon Zimmerman
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(Sandia):
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Bulk lattice = 0
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Dislocation core ~ 1.0 (0.5 to 1.25)
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Stacking faults ~ 5.0 (4.0 to 6.0)
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Free surface ~ 23.0 :pre
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These values are *not* normalized by the square of the lattice
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parameter. If they were, normalized values would be:
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Bulk lattice = 0
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Dislocation core ~ 0.06 (0.03 to 0.075)
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Stacking faults ~ 0.3 (0.24 to 0.36)
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Free surface ~ 1.38 :pre
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For BCC materials, the values for dislocation cores and free surfaces
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would be somewhat different, due to their being only 8 neighbors instead
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of 12.
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[Restrictions:] none
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[Related commands:]
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"compute cna/atom"_compute_cna_atom.html
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[Default:] none
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:line
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:link(Kelchner)
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[(Kelchner)] Kelchner, Plimpton, Hamilton, Phys Rev B, 58, 11085 (1998).
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