diff --git a/doc/src/pair_local_density.rst b/doc/src/pair_local_density.rst index f7e26389c3..2925ef2811 100644 --- a/doc/src/pair_local_density.rst +++ b/doc/src/pair_local_density.rst @@ -26,23 +26,25 @@ Examples Description """"""""""" -The local density (LD) potential is a mean-field manybody potential, and, in some -sense,a generalization of embedded atom models (EAM). The name "local density -potential" arises from the fact that it assigns an energy to an atom depending -on the number of neighboring atoms of given type around it within a predefined -spherical volume (i.e., within a cutoff). The bottom-up coarse-graining (CG) -literature suggests that such potentials can be widely useful in capturing -effective multibody forces in a computationally efficient manner so as to -improve the quality of CG models of implicit solvation:ref:`(Sanyal1) ` and -phase-segregation in liquid mixtures:ref:`(Sanyal2) `, and provide guidelines -to determine the extent of manybody correlations present in a CG -model.:ref:`(Rosenberger) ` The LD potential in LAMMPS is primarily -intended to be used as a corrective potential over traditional pair potentials -in bottom-up CG models, i.e., as a hybrid pair style with -other explicit pair interaction terms (e.g., table spline, Lennard Jones, etc.). -Because the LD potential is not a pair potential per se, it is implemented -simply as a single auxiliary file with all specifications that will be read -upon initialization. +The local density (LD) potential is a mean-field manybody potential, +and, in some way, a generalization of embedded atom models (EAM). The +name "local density potential" arises from the fact that it assigns an +energy to an atom depending on the number of neighboring atoms of a +given type around it within a predefined spherical volume (i.e., within +the cutoff). The bottom-up coarse-graining (CG) literature suggests +that such potentials can be widely useful in capturing effective +multibody forces in a computationally efficient manner and thus improve +the quality of CG models of implicit solvation :ref:`(Sanyal1) +` and phase-segregation in liquid mixtures :ref:`(Sanyal2) +`, and provide guidelines to determine the extent of manybody +correlations present in a CG model :ref:`(Rosenberger) `. +The LD potential in LAMMPS is primarily intended to be used as a +corrective potential over traditional pair potentials in bottom-up CG +models via :doc:`hybrid/overlay pair style ` with other +explicit pair interaction terms (e.g., tabulated, Lennard-Jones, Morse +etc.). Because the LD potential is not a pair potential per se, it is +implemented simply as a single auxiliary file with all specifications +that will be read upon initialization. .. note::