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The '''Verlet leap-frog algorithm''' is a variant of the original Verlet scheme (Ref. 1)
The '''Verlet leap-frog algorithm''' <ref>R. W. Hockney "The potential calculation and some applications", Methods in Computational Physics vol. '''9''' pp. 135-211 Academic Press, New York  (1970)</ref> is a variant of the original Verlet scheme <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.159.98 Loup Verlet "Computer "Experiments" on Classical Fluids. I. Thermodynamical Properties of Lennard-Jones Molecules", Physical Review '''159''' pp. 98-103 (1967)]</ref> for use in [[molecular dynamics]] simulations. The algorithm is given by:


:<math>r(t + \delta t) = r (t) + \delta t v\left(t+ \frac{1}{2} \delta t\right)</math>
:<math>r(t + \delta t) = r (t) + \delta t v\left(t+ \frac{1}{2} \delta t\right)</math>
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:<math>v \left(t+ \frac{1}{2} \delta t\right) = v\left(t - \frac{1}{2} \delta t\right) + \delta t a (t)</math>
:<math>v \left(t+ \frac{1}{2} \delta t\right) = v\left(t - \frac{1}{2} \delta t\right) + \delta t a (t)</math>


where ''r'' is the position, ''v'' is the velocity, ''a'' is the acceleration and ''t'' is the time.
where ''r'' is the position, ''v'' is the velocity, ''a'' is the acceleration and ''t'' is the time. <math>\delta t</math> is known as the [[time step]].
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Velocity Verlet algorithm]]
*[[Velocity Verlet algorithm]]
==References==
==References==
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.159.98 Loup Verlet "Computer "Experiments" on Classical Fluids. I. Thermodynamical Properties of Lennard-Jones Molecules", Physical Review '''159''' pp. 98 - 103 (1967)]
<references/>
#R. W. Hockney, Methods in Computational Physics vol. '''9''', Academic Press, New York  pp. 135–211 (1970)
'''Related reading'''
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2779878 Michel A. Cuendet and Wilfred F. van Gunsteren "On the calculation of velocity-dependent properties in molecular dynamics simulations using the leapfrog integration algorithm", Journal of Chemical Physics '''127''' 184102 (2007)]
[[category: Molecular dynamics]]
[[category: Molecular dynamics]]

Latest revision as of 13:54, 30 November 2010

The Verlet leap-frog algorithm [1] is a variant of the original Verlet scheme [2] for use in molecular dynamics simulations. The algorithm is given by:

where r is the position, v is the velocity, a is the acceleration and t is the time. is known as the time step.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. R. W. Hockney "The potential calculation and some applications", Methods in Computational Physics vol. 9 pp. 135-211 Academic Press, New York (1970)
  2. Loup Verlet "Computer "Experiments" on Classical Fluids. I. Thermodynamical Properties of Lennard-Jones Molecules", Physical Review 159 pp. 98-103 (1967)

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