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In the approach proposed by Andersen<ref name="Andersen80"/> the system is thermally coupled to a fictitious heat bath with the desired temperature. The coupling is represented by stochastic impulsive forces that act occasionally on randomly selected particles. The collision probability is defined as an average number of collisions per atom and time-step. This quantity can be controlled by the flag {{TAG|ANDERSEN_PROB}}. The total number of collisions with the heat-bath is written in the file {{FILE|REPORT}} for each MD step.
In the approach proposed by Andersen<ref name="Andersen80"/> the system is thermally coupled to a fictitious heat bath with the desired temperature. The coupling is represented by stochastic impulsive forces that act occasionally on randomly selected particles. The collision probability is defined as an average number of collisions per atom and time-step. This quantity can be controlled by the flag {{TAG|ANDERSEN_PROB}}. The total number of collisions with the heat-bath is written in the file {{FILE|REPORT}} for each MD step.
{{NB|tip|Setting {{TAG|ANDERSEN_PROB}}{{=}}0, ''i.e.'', no collisions with the heat-bath) generates the microcanonical (''NVE'') ensemble.}}


Note: Setting {{TAG|ANDERSEN_PROB}}=0 (''i.e.'', no collisions with the heat-bath) generates the microcanonical (''NVE'') ensemble.
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Latest revision as of 13:50, 7 April 2022

ANDERSEN_PROB = 0≤[real]≤1
Default: ANDERSEN_PROB = 0 

Description: ANDERSEN_PROB sets the collision probability for the Anderson thermostat (in case VASP was compiled with -Dtbdyn).


In the approach proposed by Andersen[1] the system is thermally coupled to a fictitious heat bath with the desired temperature. The coupling is represented by stochastic impulsive forces that act occasionally on randomly selected particles. The collision probability is defined as an average number of collisions per atom and time-step. This quantity can be controlled by the flag ANDERSEN_PROB. The total number of collisions with the heat-bath is written in the file REPORT for each MD step.

Tip: Setting ANDERSEN_PROB=0, i.e., no collisions with the heat-bath) generates the microcanonical (NVE) ensemble.

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