# NOSE

References: Nose1984, Nose1984b

paramameters of the Nose Hoover thermostat chain [Edit on GitHub]

Subsections

- COORD
- FORCE
- MASS
- VELOCITY

## Keywords

- LENGTH

- MTS

- TIMECON

- YOSHIDA

## Keyword descriptions

LENGTH: integer = 3

  Usage: length integer

  length of the Nose-Hoover chain [Edit on GitHub]

MTS: integer = 2

  Aliases: MULTIPLE_TIME_STEPS ,MULT_T_STEPS

  Usage: mts integer

  number of multiple timesteps to be used for the NoseHoover chain [Edit on GitHub]

TIMECON: real = 1.00000000E+003 [fs]

  Usage: timecon <REAL>

  timeconstant of the thermostat chain [Edit on GitHub]

YOSHIDA: integer = 3

  Usage: Yoshida integer

  order of the yoshida integrator used for the thermostat [Edit on GitHub]