The following papers describe the parallel algorithms used in LAMMPS. If you use LAMMPS results in your published work, please cite the J Comp Phys reference and include the URL of the LAMMPS WWW Site at lammps.sandia.gov.
S. J. Plimpton, Fast Parallel Algorithms for Short-Range Molecular Dynamics, J Comp Phys, 117, 1-19 (1995). (abstract) (postscript) (ps.gz) (tar file of figures if they don't display correctly in the PS file)
S. J. Plimpton, R. Pollock, M. Stevens, Particle-Mesh Ewald and rRESPA for Parallel Molecular Dynamics Simulations, in Proc of the Eighth SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing, Minneapolis, MN (March 1997). (abstract) (postscript) (ps.gz)
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