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<H3>fix nvt command
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<P><B>Syntax:</B>
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<PRE>fix ID group-ID nvt Tstart Tstop Tdamp keyword value ...
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<UL><LI>ID, group-ID are documented in <A HREF = "fix.html">fix</A> command
<LI>nvt = style name of this fix command
<LI>Tstart,Tstop = desired temperature at start/end of run
<LI>Tdamp = temperature damping parameter (time units)
<LI>zero or more keyword/value pairs may be appended to the args
<LI>keyword = <I>drag</I>
<PRE> <I>drag</I> value = drag factor added to thermostat (0.0 = no drag)
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<P><B>Examples:</B>
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<PRE>fix 1 all nvt 300.0 300.0 100.0
fix 1 all nvt 300.0 300.0 100.0 drag 0.2
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<P><B>Description:</B>
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<P>Perform constant NVT integration to update positions and velocities
each timestep for atoms in the group using a Nose/Hoover temperature
thermostat. V is volume; T is temperature. This creates a system
trajectory consistent with the canonical ensemble.
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<P>The desired temperature at each timestep is a ramped value during the
run from <I>Tstart</I> to <I>Tstop</I>. The <A HREF = "run.html">run</A> command documents
how to make the ramping take place across multiple runs. The <I>Tdamp</I>
parameter is specified in time units and determines how rapidly the
temperature is relaxed. For example, a value of 100.0 means to relax
the temperature in a timespan of (roughly) 100 time units (tau or
fmsec or psec - see the <A HREF = "units.html">units</A> command).
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<P>In some cases (e.g. for solids) the temperature of the system can
oscillate undesirably when a Nose/Hoover thermostat is applied. The
optional <I>drag</I> keyword will damp these oscillations, although it
alters the Nose/Hoover equations. A value of 0.0 (no drag) leaves the
Nose/Hoover formalism unchanged. A non-zero value adds a drag term;
the larger the value specified, the greater the damping effect.
Performing a short run and monitoring the temperature is the best way
to determine if the drag term is working. Typically a value between
0.2 to 2.0 is sufficient to damp oscillations after a few periods.
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<P>This fix computes a temperature each timestep. To do this, the fix
creates its own compute of style "temp", as if this command had been
issued:
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<PRE>compute fix-ID_temp group-ID temp
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<P>See the <A HREF = "compute_temp.html">compute temp</A> command for details. Note
that the ID of the new compute is the fix-ID with underscore + "temp"
appended and the group for the new compute is the same as the fix
group.
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<P>Note that this is NOT the compute used by thermodynamic output (see
the <A HREF = "thermo_style.html">thermo_style</A> command) with ID = <I>thermo_temp</I>.
This means you can change the attributes of this fix's temperature
(e.g. its degrees-of-freedom) via the
<A HREF = "compute_modify.html">compute_modify</A> command or print this temperature
during thermodyanmic output via the <A HREF = "thermo_style.html">thermo_style
custom</A> command using the appropriate compute-ID.
It also means that changing attributes of <I>thermo_temp</I> will have no
effect on this fix. Alternatively, you can directly assign a new
compute (for calculating temeperature) that you have defined to this
fix via the <A HREF = "fix_modify.html">fix_modify</A> command.
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<P>This fix makes a contribution to the potential energy of the system
that can be included in thermodynamic output of potential energy using
the <A HREF = "fix_modify.html">fix_modify energy</A> option. The contribution can
also be printed by itself via the keyword <I>f_fix-ID</I> in the
<A HREF = "thermo_style.html">thermo_style custom</A> command.
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<P><B>Restrictions:</B>
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<P>The final Tstop cannot be 0.0 since it would make the target T = 0.0
at some timestep during the simulation which is not allowed in
the Nose/Hoover formulation.
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<P><B>Related commands:</B>
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<P><A HREF = "fix_nve.html">fix nve</A>, <A HREF = "fix_npt.html">fix npt</A>, <A HREF = "fix_temp_rescale.html">fix
temp/rescale</A>, <A HREF = "fix_langevin.html">fix langevin</A>,
<A HREF = "fix_modify.html">fix_modify</A>, <A HREF = "temperature.html">temperature</A>
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<P><B>Default:</B>
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<P>The keyword defaults are drag = 0.0.
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