Manual for SALMON-v.2.0.0

Jul 21, 2020

SALMON is an open-source software based on first-principles time-dependent density functional theory to describe optical responses and electron dynamics in matters induced by light electromagnetic fields.

• Introduction
  • Overview
  • SALMON features
  • License
  • SALMON at Github
  • List of developers
  • Former developers
  • Acknowledgements for SALMON developments
• Install and Run
  • Prerequisites
  • Download
  • Build and Install
  • Files necessary to run SALMON
  • Run SALMON
  • Tips for large-scale calculation
  • Appendix
  • Troubleshooting of the Installation Process
• Exercises
  • Getting started
  • C2H2 (isolated molecules)
  • Crystalline silicon (periodic solids)
  • Maxwell + TDDFT multiscale simulation
  • Geometry optimization and Ehrenfest molecular dynamics
  • FDTD simulation(electromagnetic analysis)
• Input Keywords for Exercises
  • &calculation
  • &units
  • &control
  • &system
  • &pseudo
  • &functional
  • &rgrid
  • &kgrid
  • &scf
  • &analysis
  • &tgrid
  • &emfield
  • &multiscale
  • &atomic_coor
  • &atomic_red_coor
• How to cite SALMON
  • Suggested Citations

Appendix:

• List of all input keywords