"""Velocity Verlet."""
from ase.md.md import MolecularDynamics
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class VelocityVerlet(MolecularDynamics):
"""MD with NVE ensemble and velocity Verlet time integration."""
def step(self, forces=None):
atoms = self.atoms
if forces is None:
forces = atoms.get_forces(md=True)
p = atoms.get_momenta()
p += 0.5 * self.dt * forces
masses = atoms.get_masses()[:, None]
r = atoms.get_positions()
# if we have constraints then this will do the first part of the
# RATTLE algorithm:
atoms.set_positions(r + self.dt * p / masses)
if atoms.constraints:
p = (atoms.get_positions() - r) * masses / self.dt
# We need to store the momenta on the atoms before calculating
# the forces, as in a parallel Asap calculation atoms may
# migrate during force calculations, and the momenta need to
# migrate along with the atoms.
atoms.set_momenta(p, apply_constraint=False)
forces = atoms.get_forces(md=True)
# Second part of RATTLE will be done here:
atoms.set_momenta(atoms.get_momenta() + 0.5 * self.dt * forces)
return forces