Commit a64eb330 authored by Axel Kohlmeyer's avatar Axel Kohlmeyer
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document how using shrink-wrap boundaries can cause lost atoms in parallel

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For style {s}, the position of the face is set so as to encompass the
atoms in that dimension (shrink-wrapping), no matter how far they
move.
move. Note that when the difference between the current box dimensions
and the shrink-wrap box dimensions is large, this can lead to lost
atoms at the beginning of a run when running in parallel. This is due
to the large change in the (global) box dimensions also causing
significant changes in the individual sub-domain sizes. If these
changes are farther than the communication cutoff, atoms will be lost.
This is best addressed by setting initial box dimensions to match the
shrink-wrapped dimensions more closely, by using {m} style boundaries
(see below).

For style {m}, shrink-wrapping occurs, but is bounded by the value
specified in the data or restart file or set by the