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and deterministic '''thermostats''':
and deterministic '''thermostats''':
*[[Nose-Hoover thermostat]]
*[[Nose-Hoover thermostat]]
*[[Nose-Hoover-chain_thermostat]]
*[[Nose-Hoover-chain thermostat]]
{{NB|mind|All '''thermostats''' are available in the [[NVT ensemble]] but currently only the [[Langevin thermostat]] is available for the [[NpT ensemble]].}}
{{NB|mind|All '''thermostats''' are available in the [[NVT ensemble]] but currently only the [[Langevin thermostat]] is available for the [[NpT ensemble]].}}



Latest revision as of 10:14, 24 February 2025

Thermostats are used in molecular-dynamics calculations within the NVT ensemble and NpT ensemble in order to apply a certain temperature to the ionic degrees of freedom.

Choose between stochastic thermostats:

and deterministic thermostats:

The following table gives an overview of the possible combination of ensembles and thermostats in VASP:

Thermostat
Ensemble Andersen Nose-Hoover Langevin NHC CSVR Multiple Andersen
Microcanonical (NVE) MDALGO=1, ANDERSEN_PROB=0.0
Canonical (NVT) MDALGO=1 MDALGO=2 MDALGO=3 MDALGO=4 MDALGO=5 MDALGO=13
ISIF=2 ISIF=2 ISIF=2 ISIF=2 ISIF=2 ISIF=2
Isobaric-isothermal (NpT) not available not available MDALGO=3 not available not available not available
ISIF=3
Isoenthalpic-isobaric (NpH) MDALGO=3, ISIF=3, LANGEVIN_GAMMA=LANGEVIN_GAMMA_L=0.0