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compute pe command :h3

[Syntax:]

compute ID group-ID pe keyword ... :pre

ID, group-ID are documented in "compute"_compute.html command
pe = style name of this compute command
zero or more keywords may be appended
keyword = {pair} or {bond} or {angle} or {dihedral} or {improper} or {kspace} :ul

[Examples:]

compute 1 all pe
compute molPE all pe bond angle dihedral improper :pre

[Description:]

Define a computation that calculates the potential energy of the
entire system of atoms.  The specified group must be "all".  See the
"compute pe/atom"_compute_pe_atom.html command if you want per-atom
energies.  These per-atom values could be summed for a group of atoms
via the "compute reduce"_compute_reduce.html command.

The energy is calculated by the various pair, bond, etc potentials
defined for the simulation.  If no extra keywords are listed, then the
potential energy is the sum of pair, bond, angle, dihedral, improper,
and kspace (long-range) energy.  If any extra keywords are listed,
then only those components are summed to compute the potential energy.

Various fixes can contribute to the total potential energy of the
system.  See the doc pages for "individual fixes"_fix.html for
details.  The {thermo} option of the
"compute_modify"_compute_modify.html command determines whether these
contributions are added into the computed potential energy.  If no
keywords are specified the default is {yes}.  If any keywords are
specified, the default is {no}.

A compute of this style with the ID of "thermo_pe" is created when
LAMMPS starts up, as if this command were in the input script:

compute thermo_pe all pe :pre

See the "thermo_style" command for more details.

[Output info:]

This compute calculates a global scalar (the potential energy).  This
value can be used by any command that uses a global scalar value from
a compute as input.  See "this section"_Section_howto.html#4_15 for an
overview of LAMMPS output options.

The scalar value calculated by this compute is "extensive".  The
scalar value will be in energy "units"_units.html.

[Restrictions:] none

[Related commands:]

"compute pe/atom"_compute_pe_atom.html

[Default:] none
