THERMOSTAT

Specify thermostat type and parameters controlling the thermostat. [Edit on GitHub]

Keywords

Keyword descriptions

REGION

Type: enum
Default: GLOBAL
Usage: REGION (GLOBAL|MOLECULE|MASSIVE|DEFINED|THERMAL|NONE)

Description: Determines the region each thermostat is attached to.

Valid values:

  • GLOBAL Apply one thermostat to the whole system (default)

  • MOLECULE Apply one thermostat to each molecule kind

  • MASSIVE Apply one thermostat to each degree of freedom

  • DEFINED Apply one thermostat to each defined region from THERMOSTAT/DEFINE_REGION

  • THERMAL Apply one thermostat to each defined region from THERMAL_REGION/DEFINE_REGION

  • NONE No thermostat is applied

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TYPE

Type: enum
Default: NOSE
Usage: TYPE NOSE

Description: Specify the thermostat used for the constant temperature ensembles.

Valid values:

  • NOSE Uses the Nose-Hoover thermostat.

  • CSVR Uses the canonical sampling through velocity rescaling.

  • GLE Uses GLE thermostat

  • AD_LANGEVIN Uses adaptive-Langevin thermostat

Mentions:Molecular Dynamics

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