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<LI>A (energy units) 
</UL>
<P>The n, beta, lambda2, B, lambda1, and A parameters are only used for
two-body interactions.  The m, gamma, lambda3, c, d, and costheta0 parameters
are only used for three-body interactions. The R and D parameters 
are used for both two-body and three-body interactions. The 
non-annotated parameters are unitless.
two-body interactions.  The m, gamma, lambda3, c, d, and costheta0
parameters are only used for three-body interactions. The R and D
parameters are used for both two-body and three-body interactions. The
non-annotated parameters are unitless.  The value of m must be 3 or 1.
</P>
<P>The Tersoff potential file must contain entries for all the elements
listed in the pair_coeff command.  It can also contain entries for
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used variants of the Tersoff potential.  In particular, our form
reduces to the original Tersoff form when m = 3 and gamma = 1, while
it reduces to the form of <A HREF = "#Albe">Albe et al.</A> when beta = 1 and m = 1.
Tersoff used a slightly different but equivalent form for alloys,
which we will refer to as Tersoff_2 potential
<A HREF = "#Tersoff_2">(Tersoff_2)</A>.
Note that in the current Tersoff implementation in LAMMPS, m must be
specified as either 3 or 1.  Tersoff used a slightly different but
equivalent form for alloys, which we will refer to as Tersoff_2
potential <A HREF = "#Tersoff_2">(Tersoff_2)</A>.
</P>
<P>LAMMPS parameter values for Tersoff_2 can be obtained as follows.
gamma = 1, just as for Tersoff_1, but now lambda3 = 0 and the value of
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A (energy units) :ul

The n, beta, lambda2, B, lambda1, and A parameters are only used for
two-body interactions.  The m, gamma, lambda3, c, d, and costheta0 parameters
are only used for three-body interactions. The R and D parameters 
are used for both two-body and three-body interactions. The 
non-annotated parameters are unitless.
two-body interactions.  The m, gamma, lambda3, c, d, and costheta0
parameters are only used for three-body interactions. The R and D
parameters are used for both two-body and three-body interactions. The
non-annotated parameters are unitless.  The value of m must be 3 or 1.

The Tersoff potential file must contain entries for all the elements
listed in the pair_coeff command.  It can also contain entries for
@@ -116,9 +116,10 @@ We chose the above form so as to enable users to define all commonly
used variants of the Tersoff potential.  In particular, our form
reduces to the original Tersoff form when m = 3 and gamma = 1, while
it reduces to the form of "Albe et al."_#Albe when beta = 1 and m = 1.
Tersoff used a slightly different but equivalent form for alloys,
which we will refer to as Tersoff_2 potential
"(Tersoff_2)"_#Tersoff_2.
Note that in the current Tersoff implementation in LAMMPS, m must be
specified as either 3 or 1.  Tersoff used a slightly different but
equivalent form for alloys, which we will refer to as Tersoff_2
potential "(Tersoff_2)"_#Tersoff_2.

LAMMPS parameter values for Tersoff_2 can be obtained as follows.
gamma = 1, just as for Tersoff_1, but now lambda3 = 0 and the value of