[lammps-users] Tdamp and T-coupling

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Hello everyone,

In fix NVT and NPT command, there is a parameter named Tdamp, which is specified intime units and determines how rapidly the temperature is relaxed . We can read a parameter T-coupling in article, for example, Nosé–Hoover coupling constant is set to 5.

I am confused by the two parameter. What is the difference between them, and the relation of them. Could some kind people give me some suggestion?

Thanks in advance.

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Tdamp is the coupling constant - i.e. the "mass" of the thermal
piston being coupled to.

Steve