The VASP Manual

Getting started

VASP6	Features that will only be available in VASP.6.X.
How to Install VASP	First install VASP.
Workshops	The collection of workshops is a good place for the introduction to the basics of VASP.
Lectures	The collection of lectures is a good place to start as well.
Tutorials and Examples	The collection of tutorials and examples is a good place to learn the usage of VASP.

Featured topics

Category	subtopics (amongst others)
Theoretical background	DFT, PAW method, vdW, spectroscopy, MD.
Calculation setup	Installation, input files, output files, INCAR tags, etc.
Electronic minimization	Davidson, RMM-DIIS, Conjugate-gradient, preconditioning, density mixing, etc.
Exchange-correlation functionals	LDA, GGA, metaGGA, Hybrid functionals, vdW functionals.
Ionic mimimization	Structural optimization, ionic mimimization methods.
Symmetry and structure	Crystal symmetry, reciprocal space, surfaces, pair-correlation function for liquids, etc.
Molecular dynamics	Barostats, thermostats, ensembles, different MD methods, etc.
Machine learning	Machine-learning force fields.
Lattice vibrations	Phonons, electron-phonon interactions.
Dielectric properties	Static and frequency-dependent dielectric properties, Berry phases, spectroscopy (UV, VIS, X-ray).
Linear Response	Static dielectric properties, phonons form linear response.
Many-body perturbation theory	ACFDT, BSE, GW, MP2, CRPA.
Magnetism	Spin-orbit coupling, non-collinear magnetism.
Defects	Dipole corrections for defects in solids.
Transition states	Elastic band method, improved dimer method.
Wannier functions	Obtaining Wannier functions, SCDM, etc.
Performance	Parallelization, memory management.
Outlook	Features that will only be available in VASP.6.X.

Support

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