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-###################
-#######Init########
-###################
-
-clear 
-#setting units to metal (Ang, picosecs, eV, ...):
-units metal
-
-#setting dimension of the system (N=2 or 3):
-dimension 3
-
-#setting boundary conditions. (p for periodic, f for fixed, ...)
-boundary p p p 
-#boundary f f f
-
-#setting atom_style to spin:
-atom_style spin
-
-#Define sort for paramagnetic simulations (if no pair interaction)
-#atom_modify sort 1000 4.0
-
-#why?
-atom_modify map array 
-
-#newton off for pair spin in SEQNEI
-#newton off off
-
-###########################
-#######Create atoms########
-###########################
-
-#Lattice constant of fcc Cobalt
-lattice fcc 3.54
-#lattice sc 2.50
-
-#Test Kagome
-#variable a equal sqrt(3.0)/8.0
-#variable b equal 3.0*sqrt(3.0)/8.0
-#variable c equal sqrt(3.0)/4.0
-
-#lattice custom 2.5 a1    1.0   0.0 0.0 &
-#                   a2    0.0   1.0 0.0 &
-#                   a3    0.0   0.0 1.0 &
-#                   basis 0.0   $a  0.0 &
-#                   basis 0.25  $a  0.0 &
-#                   basis 0.375 0.0 0.0 &
-#                   basis 0.25  $b  0.0 &
-#                   basis 0.5   $b  0.0 &
-#                   basis 0.625 $c  0.0
-    
-#Defining a geometric region of space. Sets ID(user's choice), style(block, sphere, ...), then, args depends on the style chosen
-#(for block, one has x0, xf, y0, yf, z0, zf, in distance units)
-region box block 0.0 5.0 0.0 5.0 0.0 5.0
-
-#Creating a simulation box based on the specified region. Entries: number of atom types and box ref. 
-create_box 1 box
-
-#Creating atoms (or molecules) on a lattice, or a single atom (or molecule), ... 
-#Entries: atom type, 
-create_atoms 1 box
-
-#Replicating NxNxN the entire set of atoms
-#replicate 1 1 1
-
-
-#######################
-#######Settings########
-#######################
-
-#Setting one or more properties of one or more atoms.
-#Setting mass
-mass		1 1.0
-#set		group all mass 1.0
-#Setting spins orientation and moment 
-#set group all spin/random 11 1.72
-set group all spin 1.72 1.0 0.0 0.0 
-
-#Magnetic exchange interaction coefficient for bulk fcc Cobalt
-pair_style pair/spin 4.0
-#type i and j | interaction type | cutoff | J1 (eV) | J2 (adim) | J3 (Ang) (for Exchange)
-pair_coeff * * exchange 4.0 0.0446928 0.003496 1.4885 
-#type i and j | interaction type | cutoff | Int (eV) | [dx,dy,dz] (for DMI and ME)
-#pair_coeff * * dmi 2.6 0.001 0.0 0.0 1.0
-#pair_coeff * * me 2.6 0.01 1.0 1.0 1.0
-
-#Define a skin distance, update neigh list every 
-#neighbor 1.0 bin
-#neigh_modify every 10 check yes delay 20
-neighbor 0.0 bin
-neigh_modify every 1 check no delay 0 
-
-#Magnetic field fix
-#Type | Intensity (T or eV) | Direction
-fix 1 all force/spin zeeman 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
-#fix 1 all force/spin anisotropy 0.001 0.0 0.0 1.0
-#fix 1 all force/spin anisotropy -0.1 0.0 0.0 1.0
-#fix 1 all force/spin anisotropy 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.0
-
-#Fix Langevin spins (merging damping and temperature)
-#Temp | Alpha_trans | Alpha_long | Seed
-#fix 2 all langevin/spin 0.0 0.1 0.0 21
-fix 2 all langevin/spin 1.0 0.1 0.0 21
-#fix 2 all langevin/spin 0.0 0.0 0.0 21
-
-#Magnetic integration fix
-fix 3 all nve/spin mpi
-
-#compute real time, total magnetization, magnetic energy, and spin temperature
-#Iteration | Time | Mx | My | Mz | |M| | Em | Tm
-compute mag all compute/spin
-fix outmag all ave/time 1 1 10 c_mag[1] c_mag[2] c_mag[3] c_mag[4] c_mag[5] c_mag[6] c_mag[7] file mag_Co_nodamp.dat format %20.16g
-
-#Setting the timestep for the simulation (in ps)
-timestep	0.0001
-
-##################
-#######run########
-##################
-
-#Dump the positions and spin directions of magnetic particles (vmd format)
-dump 1 all custom 100 dump_spin_T100.lammpstrj type x y z spx spy spz
-
-#Running the simulations for N timesteps
-run 2000
-#run 1
-