spin_order

This Spin3 keyword selects the highest contraction level supplied to the neural network:

spin_order <order>

The value can be 1, 2, or 3 and defaults to 3. It is used only with spin_version 1.

Value

Descriptor content

1

local spin invariants and direct one-edge contractions

2

order 1 plus edge powers, density norms, and two-leg correlations

3

order 2 plus nested three-leg contractions

The levels are nested: order 1 is a prefix of order 2, which is a prefix of order 3. spin_order is not the body order of the final energy. The neural network is nonlinear and can combine these coordinates with each other and with the structural NEP descriptor. See O/C contraction hierarchy for the explicit construction.