The VASP Manual

Getting started

VASP6	Features that will only be available in VASP.6.X.
How to Install VASP	First install VASP.
Workshops	The collection of workshops is a good place for the introduction to the basics of VASP.
Lectures	The collection of lectures is a good place to start as well.
Tutorials and Examples	The collection of tutorials and examples is a good place to learn the usage of VASP.

Featured topics

Category	subtopics (amongst others)
Theoretical background	DFT, PAW method, vdW, spectroscopy, MD.
Calculation setup	Installation, input files, output files, INCAR tags, How to's, etc.
Electronic minimization	Davidson, RMM-DIIS, Conjugate-gradient, preconditioning, density mixing, etc.
Electronic ground-state properties	Band structure, density of states, etc.
Spin degree of freedom	Spin-orbit coupling, noncollinear magnetism, spin spirals, constrained magnetism, etc.
Exchange-correlation functionals	LDA, GGA, meta-GGA, DFT+U, hybrid functionals, van der Waals functionals.
Symmetry and structure	Crystal symmetry, reciprocal space, surfaces, pair-correlation function for liquids, etc.
Ionic mimimization	Structure optimization, ionic-mimimization methods, forces, etc.
Molecular dynamics	Barostats, thermostats, ensembles, etc.
Ensemble properties	Monitoring geometric parameters, pair-correlation function, etc.
Advanced molecular-dynamics sampling	Interface pinning, constrained molecular dynamics, metadynamics, thermodynamic integration, etc.
Machine-learned force fields	Training and application of force fields.
Phonons	Lattice vibrations, electron-phonon interactions.
Response theory	Static and frequency-dependent dielectric properties, Berry phases, spectroscopy (UV, VIS, X-ray), phonons, etc.
Many-body perturbation theory	ACFDT, BSE, GW, MP2, CRPA.
Localized basis and projection	Obtaining Wannier functions, SCDM, etc.
Performance	Parallelization, memory management, profiling, etc.
Outlook	Features that will only be available in VASP.6.X.

Support

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