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<CENTER><A HREF = "http://lammps.sandia.gov">LAMMPS WWW Site</A> - <A HREF = "Manual.html">LAMMPS Documentation</A> - <A HREF = "Section_commands.html#comm">LAMMPS Commands</A>
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<H3>compute centro/atom command
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<P><B>Syntax:</B>
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<PRE>compute ID group-ID centro/atom
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<UL><LI>ID, group-ID are documented in <A HREF = "compute.html">compute</A> command
<LI>centro/atom = style name of this compute command
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<P><B>Examples:</B>
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<PRE>compute 1 all centro/atom
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<P><B>Description:</B>
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<P>Define a computation that calculates the centro-symmetry parameter for
each atom in a group. In solid-state systems the centro-symmetry
parameter is a useful measure of the local lattice disorder around an
atom and can be used to characterize whether the atom is part of a
perfect lattice, a local defect (e.g. a dislocation or stacking
fault), or at a surface.
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<P>This parameter is computed using the following formula from
<A HREF = "#Kelchner">(Kelchner)</A>
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<CENTER><IMG SRC = "Eqs/centro_symmetry.jpg">
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<P>where the 12 nearest neighbors are found and Ri and Ri+6 are the
vectors from the central atom to the opposite pair of nearest
neighbors. Atoms not in the group are included in the 12 neighbors
used in this calculation.
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<P>The neighbor list needed to compute this quantity is constructed each
time the calculation is performed (i.e. each time a snapshot of atoms
is dumped). Thus it can be inefficient to compute/dump this quantity
too frequently or to have multiple compute/dump commands, each of a
<I>centro/atom</I> style.
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<P><B>Restrictions:</B> none
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<P><B>Related commands:</B> none
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<P><B>Default:</B> none
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<P><B>(Kelchner)</B> Kelchner, Plimpton, Hamilton, Phys Rev B, 58, 11085 (1998).
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