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.. index:: compute ackland/atom
compute ackland/atom command
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Syntax
""""""
.. code-block:: LAMMPS
compute ID group-ID ackland/atom keyword/value
* ID, group-ID are documented in :doc:`compute <compute>` command
* ackland/atom = style name of this compute command
* zero or more keyword/value pairs may be appended
* keyword = *legacy*
.. parsed-literal::
*legacy* args = *yes* or *no* = use (\ *yes*\ ) or do not use (\ *no*\ ) legacy Ackland algorithm implementation
Examples
""""""""
.. code-block:: LAMMPS
compute 1 all ackland/atom
compute 1 all ackland/atom legacy yes
Description
"""""""""""
Defines a computation that calculates the local lattice structure
according to the formulation given in :ref:`(Ackland) <Ackland>`.
Historically, LAMMPS had two, slightly different implementations of
the algorithm from the paper. With the *legacy* keyword, it is
possible to switch between the pre-2015 (\ *legacy yes*\ ) and post-2015
implementation (\ *legacy no*\ ). The post-2015 variant is the default.
In contrast to the :doc:`centro-symmetry parameter <compute_centro_atom>` this method is stable against
temperature boost, because it is based not on the distance between
particles but the angles. Therefore statistical fluctuations are
averaged out a little more. A comparison with the Common Neighbor
Analysis metric is made in the paper.
The result is a number which is mapped to the following different
lattice structures:
* 0 = UNKNOWN
* 1 = BCC
* 2 = FCC
* 3 = HCP
* 4 = ICO
The neighbor list needed to compute this quantity is constructed each
time the calculation is performed (i.e. each time a snapshot of atoms
is dumped). Thus it can be inefficient to compute/dump this quantity
too frequently or to have multiple compute/dump commands, each of
which computes this quantity.-
Output info
"""""""""""
This compute calculates a per-atom vector, which can be accessed by
any command that uses per-atom values from a compute as input. See
the :doc:`Howto output <Howto_output>` page for an overview of
LAMMPS output options.
Restrictions
""""""""""""
This compute is part of the EXTRA-COMPUTE package. It is only enabled if
LAMMPS was built with that package. See the :doc:`Build package <Build_package>` page for more info.
The per-atom vector values will be unitless since they are the
integers defined above.
Related commands
""""""""""""""""
:doc:`compute centro/atom <compute_centro_atom>`
Default
"""""""
The keyword *legacy* defaults to *no*\ .
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.. _Ackland:
**(Ackland)** Ackland, Jones, Phys Rev B, 73, 054104 (2006).