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== Getting started ==
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| [[:Category:VASP6|VASP6]]|| Features that will only be available in VASP.6.X.
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| [[:Category:Installation|How to Install VASP]]|| First install VASP.
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<!--| [[Validating VASP|Test Suite and Benchmarks]]|| Next validate your installation with the test suit and benchmarks.
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| [[VASP workshop|Workshops]]|| The collection of workshops is a good place for the introduction to the basics of VASP.
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| [[Lectures_and_presentations|Lectures]]|| The collection of lectures is a good place to start as well.
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| [[:Category:Tutorials|Tutorials]] and [[:Category:Examples|Examples]]|| The collection of tutorials and examples is a good place to learn the usage of VASP.
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== Featured topics ==
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| '''Category''' || ''subtopics (amongst others)''
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|style="background: #F8F4FB;"| [[:Category:Theory| Theoretical background]]|| DFT, PAW method, vdW, spectroscopy, MD.
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|style="background: #F8F4FB;"| [[:Category:Calculation setup| Calculation setup]] || [[:Category:Installation|Installation]], [[:Category:Input files|input files]], [[:Category:Output Files|output files]], [[:Category:INCAR tag|INCAR tags]], etc.
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|style="background: #FCF3F4;"|[[:Category:Electronic minimization| Electronic minimization]]|| Davidson, RMM-DIIS, Conjugate-gradient, preconditioning, [[:Category:Density mixing|density mixing]], etc.
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|style="background: #FCF3F4;"| [[:Category:Electronic ground-state properties| Electronic ground-state properties]]|| Band structure, [[:Category:Density of states |density of states]], etc.
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|style="background: #FCF3F4;"| [[:Category:Magnetism| Spin-density-functional theory]]|| Spin-orbit coupling, noncollinear magnetism, spin spirals, constrained magnetism, etc.
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|style="background: #FCF3F4;"| [[:Category:Exchange-correlation functionals|Exchange-correlation functionals]]|| LDA, [[:Category:GGA|GGA]], metaGGA, [[:Category:Hybrid functionals|Hybrid functionals]], [[:Category:van_der_Waals|vdW functionals]].
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|style="background: #F3FCFB;"| [[:Category:Symmetry| Symmetry and structure]]|| Crystal symmetry, reciprocal space, surfaces, pair-correlation function for liquids, etc.
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|style="background: #F3FCFB;"| [[:Category:Ionic minimization| Ionic mimimization]]|| Structure optimization, ionic-mimimization methods, [[:Category:Forces|forces]], etc.
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|style="background: #F3FCFB;"| [[:Category:Molecular dynamics| Molecular dynamics]]|| Barostats, [[:Category:Thermostats|thermostats]], [[:Category:Ensembles|ensembles]], etc.
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|style="background: #F3FCFB;"| [[:Category:Ensemble properties| Ensemble properties]]|| Monitoring geometric parameters, pair-correlation function, etc.
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|style="background: #F3FCFB;"| [[:Category:Advanced molecular-dynamics sampling| Advanced molecular-dynamics sampling]] || [[:Category:Interface pinning|Interface pinning]], constrained molecular dynamics, metadynamics, thermodynamic integration, etc.
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|style="background: #F3FCFB;"| [[:Category:Machine-learned force fields| Machine-learned force fields]]|| Training and application of force fields.  
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|style="background: #F0F4FF;"| [[:Category:Phonons| Phonons]]|| Lattice vibrations, electron-phonon interactions.
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|style="background: #F0F4FF;"|  [[:Category:Linear response| Response theory]]|| Static and frequency-dependent [[:Category:Dielectric Properties|dielectric properties]], Berry phases, spectroscopy (UV, VIS, X-ray), [[:Category:Phonons|phonons]], etc.
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|style="background: #F0F4FF;"|  [[:Category:Many-body perturbation theory| Many-body perturbation theory]]|| ACFDT, BSE, GW, MP2, CRPA.
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<!--| [[:Category:Defects| Defects and doping]]|| Dipole corrections for defects in solids, VCA, etc.
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<!-- | [[:Category:Core states| Core states]]|| Frozen-core approximation, X-ray abpsorption spectra (SCH calculations), ICORELEVEL, etc.
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|style="background: #FCF3F4;"| [[:Category:Wannier Functions| Localized basis and projection]]|| Obtaining Wannier functions, SCDM, etc.
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|style="background: #F8F4FB;"| [[:Category:Performance| Performance]]|| [[:Category:Parallelization| Parallelization]], memory management, profiling, etc.
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|style="background: #F8F4FB;"| [[:Category:VASP6|Outlook]]|| Features that will only be available in VASP.6.X.
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== Support ==
If you have questions or run into trouble, please have a look at the [[Known issues|known issues]] and/or post a question at the [https://www.vasp.at/forum/ VASP forum]
{{NB|mind|We offer support on a courtesy base only, not as a contractual service.}}

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