LIGGGHTS(R)-PUBLIC WWW Site - LIGGGHTS(R)-PUBLIC Documentation - LIGGGHTS(R)-PUBLIC Commands

dielectric command

Syntax:

dielectric value 

Examples:

dielectric 2.0 

Description:

Set the dielectric constant for Coulombic interactions (pairwise and long-range) to this value. The constant is unitless, since it is used to reduce the strength of the interactions. The value is used in the denominator of the formulas for Coulombic interactions - e.g. a value of 4.0 reduces the Coulombic interactions to 25% of their default strength. See the pair_style command for more details.

Restrictions: none

Related commands:

pair_style

Default:

dielectric 1.0