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Adding reference to deform/pressure in barostat howto

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@ -10,20 +10,21 @@ and/or pressure (P) is specified by the user, and the thermostat or
barostat attempts to equilibrate the system to the requested T and/or
P.
Barostatting in LAMMPS is performed by :doc:`fixes <fix>`. Two
Barostatting in LAMMPS is performed by :doc:`fixes <fix>`. Three
barostatting methods are currently available: Nose-Hoover (npt and
nph) and Berendsen:
nph), Berendsen, and various linear controllers in deform/pressure:
* :doc:`fix npt <fix_nh>`
* :doc:`fix npt/sphere <fix_npt_sphere>`
* :doc:`fix npt/asphere <fix_npt_asphere>`
* :doc:`fix nph <fix_nh>`
* :doc:`fix press/berendsen <fix_press_berendsen>`
* :doc:`fix deform/pressure <fix_deform_pressure>`
The :doc:`fix npt <fix_nh>` commands include a Nose-Hoover thermostat
and barostat. :doc:`Fix nph <fix_nh>` is just a Nose/Hoover barostat;
it does no thermostatting. Both :doc:`fix nph <fix_nh>` and :doc:`fix press/berendsen <fix_press_berendsen>` can be used in conjunction
with any of the thermostatting fixes.
it does no thermostatting. The fixes :doc:`nph <fix_nh>`, :doc:`press/berendsen <fix_press_berendsen>`, and :doc:`deform/pressure <fix_deform_pressure>`
can be used in conjunction with any of the thermostatting fixes.
As with the :doc:`thermostats <Howto_thermostat>`, :doc:`fix npt <fix_nh>`
and :doc:`fix nph <fix_nh>` only use translational motion of the
@ -44,9 +45,9 @@ a temperature or pressure compute to a barostatting fix.
.. note::
As with the thermostats, the Nose/Hoover methods (:doc:`fix npt <fix_nh>` and :doc:`fix nph <fix_nh>`) perform time integration.
:doc:`Fix press/berendsen <fix_press_berendsen>` does NOT, so it should
be used with one of the constant NVE fixes or with one of the NVT
fixes.
:doc:`Fix press/berendsen <fix_press_berendsen>` and :doc:`fix deform/pressure <fix_deform_pressure>`
do NOT, so they should be used with one of the constant NVE fixes or with
one of the NVT fixes.
Thermodynamic output, which can be setup via the
:doc:`thermo_style <thermo_style>` command, often includes pressure