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.

Category	subtopics (amongst others)
Theoretical background	DFT, PAW method, vdW, spectroscopy, MD.
Calculation setup	Installation, input files, output files, INCAR tags, etc.
Electronic minimization	Davidson, RMM-DIIS, Conjugate-gradient, preconditioning, density mixing, etc.
Electronic ground-state properties	Band structure, density of states, etc.
Spin-density-functional theory	Spin-orbit coupling, noncollinear magnetism, constraint magnetism, etc.
Exchange-correlation functionals	LDA, GGA, metaGGA, Hybrid functionals, vdW functionals.
Ionic mimimization	Structural optimization, ionic mimimization methods.
Symmetry and structure	Crystal symmetry, reciprocal space, surfaces, pair-correlation function for liquids, etc.
Molecular dynamics	Barostats, thermostats, ensembles, etc.
Ensemble properties	Monitoring geometric parameters, pair-correlation function, etc.
Machine-learned force fields	Training and application of force fields.
Phonons	Lattice vibrations, electron-phonon interactions.
Dielectric properties	Static and frequency-dependent dielectric properties, Berry phases, spectroscopy (UV, VIS, X-ray).
Linear Response	Static dielectric properties, phonons form linear response.
Many-body perturbation theory	ACFDT, BSE, GW, MP2, CRPA.
Defects	Dipole corrections for defects in solids.
Transition states	Elastic band method, improved dimer method.
Wannier functions	Obtaining Wannier functions, SCDM, etc.
Performance	Parallelization, memory management.
Outlook	Features that will only be available in VASP.6.X.

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