# Point dipoles in a 3d box with an external potential (ignoring dipolar interactions) units lj atom_style hybrid sphere dipole dimension 3 boundary s s s region box block -2 2 -2 2 -2 2 create_box 1 box create_atoms 1 random 100 12345 NULL # need both mass settings due to hybrid atom style mass 1 1.0 set group all mass 1.0 set group all diameter 0.1 set group all dipole/random 98934 0.01 pair_style none comm_modify cutoff 3.0 velocity all create 0.0 87287 mom yes rot yes fix 1 all nve/sphere update dipole ############################################################################################################### ## Yukawa potential #fix 2 all efield/lepton "A*exp(-B*r)/r; r=abs(sqrt(x^2+y^2+z^2)); A = 0.1; B = 5" step 1e-8 ## Gradually increasing uniform field #variable E equal ramp(0,1) #fix 2 all efield/lepton "-v_E*(x+y+z)" ## Linear gradient field fix 2 all efield/lepton "-1/6*x^3" step 1e-6 fix_modify 2 energy yes ############################################################################################################### timestep 1e-3 compute erot all erotate/sphere variable etotal equal "ke + c_erot + pe" # thermo etotal doesn't include erot thermo_style custom step temp ke c_erot pe v_etotal thermo 500 thermo_modify norm no #dump 1 all custom 500 dump.dipole id x y z diameter mux muy muz fx fy fz tqx tqy tqz run 10000