Detailed Description

Evaluates the van Hove function S(k,t) for one or more wavevector k.

The van Hove function S(k,t) is defined here as an expectation value

$S(k,t) = \langle \psi(k,t) \psi^{*}(k,0) / V \rangle$

where $V \equiv \sqrt{V(t)V(0)}$ is system volume, and where $\psi(k,t)$ is a mode amplitude given by a sum

$\psi(k,t) = \sum_{i} c_{a} \exp( i k \cdot r_i )$

over all atoms in the system, where $c_{a}$ is a user-specified coefficient for atoms of type a.

The Van Hove class can calculate S(k,t) for a list of wavevectors. Each wavevector is specified as an IntVector containing integer Miller indices. These are the coefficients in an expansion of a reciprocal lattice wavevector in terms of recprocal lattice basis vectors.

In a system with nAtomType = 2, with two monomer types 0 and 1, the parameter file input for calculating the autocorrelation of an order parameter $\psi = \rho_0 - \rho_1$ for 5 wavevectors along the x axis in an orthorhombic unit cell might look like this:

VanHove{
   interval                      1000
   outputFileName             VanHove
   atomTypeCoeffs              1.0000      -1.0000
   nBuffer                        100
   nWave                            5
   waveIntVectors     8      0      0
                      9      0      0 
                     10      0      0 
                     11      0      0 
                     12      0      0 
}

At the end of a simulation, all of the autocorrelation functions are output in a file with a suffix *.dat. Each line in this file contains the 3 Miller indices of a wavevector, the absolute magnitude of the wavevector, and a list of nAtomTypeIdPair structure factor values for the wavevector, one for each atomTypeId pair.

See also: parameter file format

Definition at line 78 of file mcMd/analyzers/system/VanHove.h.

#include <VanHove.h>

Inheritance diagram for McMd::VanHove:

Public Member Functions
	VanHove (System &system)
	Constructor. More...

	~VanHove ()
	Destructor. More...

virtual void	readParameters (std::istream &in)
	Read parameters from file. More...

virtual void	loadParameters (Serializable::IArchive &ar)
	Load state from an archive. More...

virtual void	save (Serializable::OArchive &ar)
	Save state to an archive. More...

template<class Archive >
void	serialize (Archive &ar, const unsigned int version)
	Serialize to/from an archive. More...

virtual void	setup ()
	Clear accumulators. More...

void	sample (long iStep)
	Add particle pairs to VanHove histogram. More...

virtual void	output ()
	Output results to predefined output file. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from McMd::SystemAnalyzer< System >
	SystemAnalyzer (System &system)
	Constructor. More...

virtual	~SystemAnalyzer ()
	Destructor. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from McMd::Analyzer
	Analyzer ()
	Default constructor. More...

virtual	~Analyzer ()
	Destructor. More...

template<class Archive >
void	serialize (Archive &ar, const unsigned int version)
	Serialize to/from an archive. More...

int	interval () const
	Get interval value. More...

bool	isAtInterval (long counter) const
	Return true iff counter is a multiple of the interval. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from Util::ParamComposite
	ParamComposite ()
	Constructor. More...

	ParamComposite (const ParamComposite &other)
	Copy constructor. More...

	ParamComposite (int capacity)
	Constructor. More...

virtual	~ParamComposite ()
	Virtual destructor. More...

void	resetParam ()
	Resets ParamComposite to its empty state. More...

virtual void	readParam (std::istream &in)
	Read the parameter file block. More...

virtual void	readParamOptional (std::istream &in)
	Read optional parameter file block. More...

virtual void	writeParam (std::ostream &out)
	Write all parameters to an output stream. More...

virtual void	load (Serializable::IArchive &ar)
	Load all parameters from an input archive. More...

virtual void	loadOptional (Serializable::IArchive &ar)
	Load an optional ParamComposite. More...

void	saveOptional (Serializable::OArchive &ar)
	Saves isActive flag, and then calls save() iff isActive is true. More...

void	readParamComposite (std::istream &in, ParamComposite &child, bool next=true)
	Add and read a required child ParamComposite. More...

void	readParamCompositeOptional (std::istream &in, ParamComposite &child, bool next=true)
	Add and attempt to read an optional child ParamComposite. More...

template<typename Type >
ScalarParam< Type > &	read (std::istream &in, const char *label, Type &value)
	Add and read a new required ScalarParam < Type > object. More...

template<typename Type >
ScalarParam< Type > &	readOptional (std::istream &in, const char *label, Type &value)
	Add and read a new optional ScalarParam < Type > object. More...

template<typename Type >
CArrayParam< Type > &	readCArray (std::istream &in, const char label, Type value, int n)
	Add and read a required C array parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
CArrayParam< Type > &	readOptionalCArray (std::istream &in, const char label, Type value, int n)
	Add and read an optional C array parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
DArrayParam< Type > &	readDArray (std::istream &in, const char *label, DArray< Type > &array, int n)
	Add and read a required DArray < Type > parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
DArrayParam< Type > &	readOptionalDArray (std::istream &in, const char *label, DArray< Type > &array, int n)
	Add and read an optional DArray < Type > parameter. More...

template<typename Type , int N>
FArrayParam< Type, N > &	readFArray (std::istream &in, const char *label, FArray< Type, N > &array)
	Add and read a required FArray < Type, N > array parameter. More...

template<typename Type , int N>
FArrayParam< Type, N > &	readOptionalFArray (std::istream &in, const char *label, FArray< Type, N > &array)
	Add and read an optional FArray < Type, N > array parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
CArray2DParam< Type > &	readCArray2D (std::istream &in, const char label, Type value, int m, int n, int np)
	Add and read a required CArray2DParam < Type > 2D C-array. More...

template<typename Type >
CArray2DParam< Type > &	readOptionalCArray2D (std::istream &in, const char label, Type value, int m, int n, int np)
	Add and read an optional CArray2DParam < Type > 2D C-array parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
DMatrixParam< Type > &	readDMatrix (std::istream &in, const char *label, DMatrix< Type > &matrix, int m, int n)
	Add and read a required DMatrix < Type > matrix parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
DMatrixParam< Type > &	readOptionalDMatrix (std::istream &in, const char *label, DMatrix< Type > &matrix, int m, int n)
	Add and read an optional DMatrix < Type > matrix parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
DSymmMatrixParam< Type > &	readDSymmMatrix (std::istream &in, const char *label, DMatrix< Type > &matrix, int n)
	Add and read a required symmetrix DMatrix. More...

template<typename Type >
DSymmMatrixParam< Type > &	readOptionalDSymmMatrix (std::istream &in, const char *label, DMatrix< Type > &matrix, int n)
	Add and read an optional DMatrix matrix parameter. More...

Begin &	readBegin (std::istream &in, const char *label, bool isRequired=true)
	Add and read a class label and opening bracket. More...

End &	readEnd (std::istream &in)
	Add and read the closing bracket. More...

Blank &	readBlank (std::istream &in)
	Add and read a new Blank object, representing a blank line. More...

void	loadParamComposite (Serializable::IArchive &ar, ParamComposite &child, bool next=true)
	Add and load a required child ParamComposite. More...

void	loadParamCompositeOptional (Serializable::IArchive &ar, ParamComposite &child, bool next=true)
	Add and load an optional child ParamComposite if isActive. More...

template<typename Type >
ScalarParam< Type > &	loadParameter (Serializable::IArchive &ar, const char *label, Type &value, bool isRequired)
	Add and load a new ScalarParam < Type > object. More...

template<typename Type >
ScalarParam< Type > &	loadParameter (Serializable::IArchive &ar, const char *label, Type &value)
	Add and load new required ScalarParam < Type > object. More...

template<typename Type >
CArrayParam< Type > &	loadCArray (Serializable::IArchive &ar, const char label, Type value, int n, bool isRequired)
	Add a C array parameter and load its elements. More...

template<typename Type >
CArrayParam< Type > &	loadCArray (Serializable::IArchive &ar, const char label, Type value, int n)
	Add and load a required CArrayParam< Type > array parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
DArrayParam< Type > &	loadDArray (Serializable::IArchive &ar, const char *label, DArray< Type > &array, int n, bool isRequired)
	Add an load a DArray < Type > array parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
DArrayParam< Type > &	loadDArray (Serializable::IArchive &ar, const char *label, DArray< Type > &array, int n)
	Add and load a required DArray< Type > array parameter. More...

template<typename Type , int N>
FArrayParam< Type, N > &	loadFArray (Serializable::IArchive &ar, const char *label, FArray< Type, N > &array, bool isRequired)
	Add and load an FArray < Type, N > fixed-size array parameter. More...

template<typename Type , int N>
FArrayParam< Type, N > &	loadFArray (Serializable::IArchive &ar, const char *label, FArray< Type, N > &array)
	Add and load a required FArray < Type > array parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
CArray2DParam< Type > &	loadCArray2D (Serializable::IArchive &ar, const char label, Type value, int m, int n, int np, bool isRequired)
	Add and load a CArray2DParam < Type > C 2D array parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
CArray2DParam< Type > &	loadCArray2D (Serializable::IArchive &ar, const char label, Type value, int m, int n, int np)
	Add and load a required < Type > matrix parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
DMatrixParam< Type > &	loadDMatrix (Serializable::IArchive &ar, const char *label, DMatrix< Type > &matrix, int m, int n, bool isRequired)
	Add and load a DMatrixParam < Type > matrix parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
DMatrixParam< Type > &	loadDMatrix (Serializable::IArchive &ar, const char *label, DMatrix< Type > &matrix, int m, int n)
	Add and load a required DMatrixParam < Type > matrix parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
DSymmMatrixParam< Type > &	loadDSymmMatrix (Serializable::IArchive &ar, const char *label, DMatrix< Type > &matrix, int n, bool isRequired)
	Add and load a symmetric DSymmMatrixParam < Type > matrix parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
DSymmMatrixParam< Type > &	loadDSymmMatrix (Serializable::IArchive &ar, const char *label, DMatrix< Type > &matrix, int n)
	Add and load a required DSymmMatrixParam < Type > matrix parameter. More...

void	addParamComposite (ParamComposite &child, bool next=true)
	Add a child ParamComposite object to the format array. More...

Begin &	addBegin (const char *label)
	Add a Begin object representing a class name and bracket. More...

End &	addEnd ()
	Add a closing bracket. More...

Blank &	addBlank ()
	Create and add a new Blank object, representing a blank line. More...

std::string	className () const
	Get class name string. More...

bool	isRequired () const
	Is this ParamComposite required in the input file? More...

bool	isActive () const
	Is this parameter active? More...

Public Member Functions inherited from Util::ParamComponent
virtual	~ParamComponent ()
	Destructor. More...

void	setIndent (const ParamComponent &parent, bool next=true)
	Set indent level. More...

std::string	indent () const
	Return indent string for this object (string of spaces). More...

template<class Archive >
void	serialize (Archive &ar, const unsigned int version)
	Serialize this ParamComponent as a string. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from Util::Serializable
virtual	~Serializable ()
	Destructor. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from Util::MpiFileIo
	MpiFileIo ()
	Constructor. More...

	MpiFileIo (const MpiFileIo &other)
	Copy constructor. More...

bool	isIoProcessor () const
	Can this processor do file I/O ? More...

void	setIoCommunicator (MPI::Intracomm &communicator)
	Set the communicator. More...

void	clearCommunicator ()
	Clear (nullify) the communicator. More...

bool	hasIoCommunicator () const
	Does this object have an associated MPI communicator? More...

MPI::Intracomm &	ioCommunicator () const
	Get the MPI communicator by reference. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Public Types inherited from Util::Serializable
typedef BinaryFileOArchive	OArchive
	Type of output archive used by save method. More...

typedef BinaryFileIArchive	IArchive
	Type of input archive used by load method. More...

Static Public Member Functions inherited from McMd::Analyzer
static void	initStatic ()
	Define and initialize baseInterval. More...

Static Public Member Functions inherited from Util::ParamComponent
static void	initStatic ()
	Initialize static echo member to false. More...

static void	setEcho (bool echo=true)
	Enable or disable echoing for all subclasses of ParamComponent. More...

static bool	echo ()
	Get echo parameter. More...

Static Public Attributes inherited from McMd::Analyzer
static long	baseInterval = 0
	The interval for an Analyzer must be a multiple of baseInterval. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from McMd::SystemAnalyzer< System >
System &	system ()
	Return reference to parent system. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from McMd::Analyzer
void	setFileMaster (FileMaster &fileMaster)
	Set the FileMaster to use to open files. More...

void	readInterval (std::istream &in)
	Read interval from file, with error checking. More...

void	readOutputFileName (std::istream &in)
	Read outputFileName from file. More...

void	loadInterval (Serializable::IArchive &ar)
	Load interval from archive, with error checking. More...

void	loadOutputFileName (Serializable::IArchive &ar)
	Load output file name from archive. More...

FileMaster &	fileMaster ()
	Get the FileMaster by reference. More...

const std::string &	outputFileName () const
	Return outputFileName string. More...

std::string	outputFileName (const std::string &suffix) const
	Return outputFileName string with added suffix. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from Util::ParamComposite
void	setClassName (const char *className)
	Set class name string. More...

void	setIsRequired (bool isRequired)
	Set or unset the isActive flag. More...

void	setIsActive (bool isActive)
	Set or unset the isActive flag. More...

void	setParent (ParamComponent &param, bool next=true)
	Set this to the parent of a child component. More...

void	addComponent (ParamComponent &param, bool isLeaf=true)
	Add a new ParamComponent object to the format array. More...

template<typename Type >
ScalarParam< Type > &	add (std::istream &in, const char *label, Type &value, bool isRequired=true)
	Add a new required ScalarParam < Type > object. More...

template<typename Type >
CArrayParam< Type > &	addCArray (std::istream &in, const char label, Type value, int n, bool isRequired=true)
	Add (but do not read) a required C array parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
DArrayParam< Type > &	addDArray (std::istream &in, const char *label, DArray< Type > &array, int n, bool isRequired=true)
	Add (but do not read) a DArray < Type > parameter. More...

template<typename Type , int N>
FArrayParam< Type, N > &	addFArray (std::istream &in, const char *label, FArray< Type, N > &array, bool isRequired=true)
	Add (but do not read) a FArray < Type, N > array parameter. More...

template<typename Type >
CArray2DParam< Type > &	addCArray2D (std::istream &in, const char label, Type value, int m, int n, int np, bool isRequired=true)
	Add (but do not read) a CArray2DParam < Type > 2D C-array. More...

template<typename Type >
DMatrixParam< Type > &	addDMatrix (std::istream &in, const char *label, DMatrix< Type > &matrix, int m, int n, bool isRequired=true)
	Add and read a required DMatrix < Type > matrix parameter. More...

Protected Member Functions inherited from Util::ParamComponent
	ParamComponent ()
	Constructor. More...

	ParamComponent (const ParamComponent &other)
	Copy constructor. More...

Protected Attributes inherited from McMd::Analyzer
std::string	outputFileName_
	Base name of output file(s). More...

long	interval_
	Number of simulation steps between subsequent actions. More...