Hi,
many thanks to Aidan for answering my question concerning the zbl-potential. Considering your advice I have modified my Code as following:
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1. pair_style hybrid zbl 5.0 7.0 tersoff/zbl tersoff/zbl
2. pair_coeff * * zbl 0.0
3. pair_coeff 1 1 zbl 14
4. pair_coeff 2 2 zbl 18
5. pair_coeff * * tersoff/zbl 1 SiC.tersoff.zbl Si NULL
6. pair_coeff * * tersoff/zbl 2 SiC.tersoff.zbl NULL C
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LAMMPS seems to work fine with the above-made corrections in the input-file. But I am not sure if this calculation does that what I expect?
Do the pair_coeff-commands ensure that the interaction of atom_type 1(Silicon) with atom_type 2 (Argon) is a zbl interaction and that the interactions of Si-Si and Ar-Ar are still tersoff.zbl interactions?
Do I get it right, that the second command tells LAMMPS that all atom types interact via zbl-interaction, lines 3-4 set the atomic numbers of used atom-types(needed as zbl-parameters). Then, lines 5-6 tell LAMMPS that atom_type 1(Si) interacts with atom_type 1 with zbl.tersoff (line 6 does the same with argon).
And because of the command in the second line, atom_type 1 interacts with atom_type 2 via zbl-potential???
best regards
Pawel