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! **************************************************************************************************
!> \brief Perform a molecular dynamics (MD) run using QUICKSTEP
!> \par History
!>   - Added support for Langevin regions (2014/02/05, LT)
!> \author Matthias Krack (07.11.2002)
! **************************************************************************************************
MODULE md_run
   USE atomic_kind_list_types,          ONLY: atomic_kind_list_type
   USE averages_types,                  ONLY: average_quantities_type
   USE barostat_types,                  ONLY: barostat_type,&
                                              create_barostat_type
   USE cell_types,                      ONLY: cell_type
   USE cp_external_control,             ONLY: external_control
   USE cp_log_handling,                 ONLY: cp_get_default_logger,&
                                              cp_logger_get_default_io_unit,&
                                              cp_logger_type
   USE cp_output_handling,              ONLY: cp_add_iter_level,&
                                              cp_iterate,&
                                              cp_p_file,&
                                              cp_print_key_finished_output,&
                                              cp_print_key_should_output,&
                                              cp_print_key_unit_nr,&
                                              cp_rm_iter_level
   USE cp_subsys_types,                 ONLY: cp_subsys_get,&
                                              cp_subsys_type
   USE distribution_1d_types,           ONLY: distribution_1d_type
   USE force_env_methods,               ONLY: force_env_calc_energy_force
   USE force_env_types,                 ONLY: force_env_get,&
                                              force_env_type
   USE free_energy_methods,             ONLY: free_energy_evaluate
   USE free_energy_types,               ONLY: fe_env_create,&
                                              free_energy_type
   USE global_types,                    ONLY: global_environment_type
   USE hfx_ace_methods,                 ONLY: hfx_ace_set_dynamic_mode
   USE input_constants,                 ONLY: &
        ehrenfest, langevin_ensemble, npe_f_ensemble, npe_i_ensemble, &
        nph_uniaxial_damped_ensemble, nph_uniaxial_ensemble, npt_f_ensemble, npt_i_ensemble, &
        npt_ia_ensemble, reftraj_ensemble
   USE input_cp2k_check,                ONLY: remove_restart_info
   USE input_section_types,             ONLY: section_vals_get_subs_vals,&
                                              section_vals_remove_values,&
                                              section_vals_type,&
                                              section_vals_val_get
   USE kinds,                           ONLY: default_string_length,&
                                              dp
   USE machine,                         ONLY: m_flush,&
                                              m_walltime
   USE md_ener_types,                   ONLY: create_md_ener,&
                                              md_ener_type
   USE md_energies,                     ONLY: initialize_md_ener,&
                                              md_ener_reftraj,&
                                              md_energy,&
                                              md_write_output
   USE md_environment_types,            ONLY: get_md_env,&
                                              md_env_create,&
                                              md_env_release,&
                                              md_environment_type,&
                                              need_per_atom_wiener_process,&
                                              set_md_env
   USE md_util,                         ONLY: md_output,&
                                              update_expected_temperature
   USE md_vel_utils,                    ONLY: angvel_control,&
                                              comvel_control,&
                                              setup_velocities,&
                                              temperature_control
   USE mdctrl_methods,                  ONLY: mdctrl_callback
   USE mdctrl_types,                    ONLY: mdctrl_type
   USE message_passing,                 ONLY: mp_para_env_type
   USE metadynamics,                    ONLY: metadyn_finalise_plumed,&
                                              metadyn_forces,&
                                              metadyn_initialise_plumed,&
                                              metadyn_write_colvar
   USE metadynamics_types,              ONLY: set_meta_env
   USE particle_list_types,             ONLY: particle_list_type
   USE qs_environment_methods,          ONLY: qs_env_time_update
   USE reftraj_types,                   ONLY: create_reftraj,&
                                              reftraj_type
   USE reftraj_util,                    ONLY: initialize_reftraj,&
                                              write_output_reftraj
   USE rt_propagation,                  ONLY: rt_prop_setup
   USE simpar_methods,                  ONLY: read_md_section
   USE simpar_types,                    ONLY: create_simpar_type,&
                                              release_simpar_type,&
                                              simpar_type
   USE thermal_region_types,            ONLY: thermal_regions_type
   USE thermal_region_utils,            ONLY: create_thermal_regions,&
                                              print_thermal_regions_langevin
   USE thermostat_methods,              ONLY: create_thermostats
   USE thermostat_types,                ONLY: thermostats_type
   USE velocity_verlet_control,         ONLY: velocity_verlet
   USE virial_methods,                  ONLY: virial_evaluate
   USE virial_types,                    ONLY: virial_type
   USE wiener_process,                  ONLY: create_wiener_process,&
                                              create_wiener_process_cv
#include "../base/base_uses.f90"
 
   IMPLICIT NONE
 
   PRIVATE
 
   CHARACTER(len=*), PARAMETER, PRIVATE :: moduleN = 'md_run'
 
   PUBLIC :: qs_mol_dyn
 
CONTAINS
 
! **************************************************************************************************
!> \brief Main driver module for Molecular Dynamics
!> \param force_env ...
!> \param globenv ...
!> \param averages ...
!> \param rm_restart_info ...
!> \param hmc_e_initial ...
!> \param hmc_e_final ...
!> \param mdctrl ...
! **************************************************************************************************
   SUBROUTINE qs_mol_dyn(force_env, globenv, averages, rm_restart_info, hmc_e_initial, hmc_e_final, mdctrl)
 
      TYPE(force_env_type), POINTER                      :: force_env
      TYPE(global_environment_type), POINTER             :: globenv
      TYPE(average_quantities_type), OPTIONAL, POINTER   :: averages
      LOGICAL, INTENT(IN), OPTIONAL                      :: rm_restart_info
      REAL(kind=dp), OPTIONAL                            :: hmc_e_initial, hmc_e_final
      TYPE(mdctrl_type), OPTIONAL, POINTER               :: mdctrl
 
      LOGICAL                                            :: my_rm_restart_info
      TYPE(md_environment_type), POINTER                 :: md_env
      TYPE(mp_para_env_type), POINTER                    :: para_env
      TYPE(section_vals_type), POINTER                   :: md_section, motion_section
 
      my_rm_restart_info = .true.
      IF (PRESENT(rm_restart_info)) my_rm_restart_info = rm_restart_info
      NULLIFY (md_env, para_env)
 
      ! Tell ACE that this is a dynamic run: Bypass C will use full HFX
      ! for the entire first MD step so wavefunction propagation delivers
      ! a near-converged C_occ to step 1, making the ACE BUILD accurate.
      CALL hfx_ace_set_dynamic_mode(.true.)
 
      para_env => force_env%para_env
      motion_section => section_vals_get_subs_vals(force_env%root_section, "MOTION")
      md_section => section_vals_get_subs_vals(motion_section, "MD")
 
      ! Real call to MD driver - Low Level
      ALLOCATE (md_env)
      CALL md_env_create(md_env, md_section, para_env, force_env=force_env)
      CALL set_md_env(md_env, averages=averages)
      IF (PRESENT(hmc_e_initial) .AND. PRESENT(hmc_e_final)) THEN
         CALL qs_mol_dyn_low(md_env, md_section, motion_section, force_env, globenv, &
                             hmc_e_initial=hmc_e_initial, hmc_e_final=hmc_e_final)
      ELSE
         CALL qs_mol_dyn_low(md_env, md_section, motion_section, force_env, globenv, mdctrl=mdctrl)
      END IF
      CALL md_env_release(md_env)
      DEALLOCATE (md_env)
 
      ! Clean restartable sections..
      IF (my_rm_restart_info) CALL remove_restart_info(force_env%root_section)
   END SUBROUTINE qs_mol_dyn
 
! **************************************************************************************************
!> \brief Purpose: Driver routine for MD run using QUICKSTEP.
!> \param md_env ...
!> \param md_section ...
!> \param motion_section ...
!> \param force_env ...
!> \param globenv ...
!> \param hmc_e_initial ...
!> \param hmc_e_final ...
!> \param mdctrl ...
!> \par History
!>   - Cleaning (09.2007) Teodoro Laino [tlaino] - University of Zurich
!>   - Added lines to print out langevin regions (2014/02/04, LT)
!> \author Creation (07.11.2002,MK)
! **************************************************************************************************
   SUBROUTINE qs_mol_dyn_low(md_env, md_section, motion_section, force_env, globenv, hmc_e_initial, hmc_e_final, mdctrl)
 
      TYPE(md_environment_type), POINTER                 :: md_env
      TYPE(section_vals_type), POINTER                   :: md_section, motion_section
      TYPE(force_env_type), POINTER                      :: force_env
      TYPE(global_environment_type), POINTER             :: globenv
      REAL(kind=dp), OPTIONAL                            :: hmc_e_initial, hmc_e_final
      TYPE(mdctrl_type), OPTIONAL, POINTER               :: mdctrl
 
      CHARACTER(LEN=*), PARAMETER                        :: routinen = 'qs_mol_dyn_low'
 
      CHARACTER(LEN=80)                                  :: md_step_line
      CHARACTER(LEN=default_string_length)               :: my_act, my_pos
      INTEGER                                            :: handle, i, istep, md_stride, &
                                                            output_unit, run_type_id
      INTEGER, POINTER                                   :: itimes
      LOGICAL                                            :: check, ehrenfest_md, save_mem, &
                                                            should_stop, write_binary_restart_file
      REAL(kind=dp)                                      :: dummy, time_iter_start, time_iter_stop
      REAL(kind=dp), POINTER                             :: constant, time, used_time
      TYPE(atomic_kind_list_type), POINTER               :: atomic_kinds
      TYPE(barostat_type), POINTER                       :: barostat
      TYPE(cell_type), POINTER                           :: cell
      TYPE(cp_logger_type), POINTER                      :: logger
      TYPE(cp_subsys_type), POINTER                      :: subsys, subsys_i
      TYPE(distribution_1d_type), POINTER                :: local_particles
      TYPE(free_energy_type), POINTER                    :: fe_env
      TYPE(md_ener_type), POINTER                        :: md_ener
      TYPE(mp_para_env_type), POINTER                    :: para_env
      TYPE(particle_list_type), POINTER                  :: particles
      TYPE(reftraj_type), POINTER                        :: reftraj
      TYPE(section_vals_type), POINTER :: constraint_section, force_env_section, &
         free_energy_section, global_section, reftraj_section, subsys_section, work_section
      TYPE(simpar_type), POINTER                         :: simpar
      TYPE(thermal_regions_type), POINTER                :: thermal_regions
      TYPE(thermostats_type), POINTER                    :: thermostats
      TYPE(virial_type), POINTER                         :: virial
 
      CALL timeset(routinen, handle)
      cpassert(ASSOCIATED(globenv))
      cpassert(ASSOCIATED(force_env))
 
      NULLIFY (particles, cell, simpar, itimes, used_time, subsys, &
               md_ener, thermostats, barostat, reftraj, force_env_section, &
               reftraj_section, work_section, atomic_kinds, &
               local_particles, time, fe_env, free_energy_section, &
               constraint_section, thermal_regions, virial, subsys_i)
      logger => cp_get_default_logger()
      para_env => force_env%para_env
      output_unit = cp_logger_get_default_io_unit(logger)
 
      global_section => section_vals_get_subs_vals(force_env%root_section, "GLOBAL")
      free_energy_section => section_vals_get_subs_vals(motion_section, "FREE_ENERGY")
      constraint_section => section_vals_get_subs_vals(motion_section, "CONSTRAINT")
      CALL section_vals_val_get(global_section, "SAVE_MEM", l_val=save_mem)
 
      CALL section_vals_val_get(global_section, "RUN_TYPE", i_val=run_type_id)
      IF (run_type_id == ehrenfest) CALL set_md_env(md_env, ehrenfest_md=.true.)
 
      CALL create_simpar_type(simpar)
      force_env_section => force_env%force_env_section
      subsys_section => section_vals_get_subs_vals(force_env_section, "SUBSYS")
      CALL cp_add_iter_level(logger%iter_info, "MD")
      CALL cp_iterate(logger%iter_info, iter_nr=0)
      ! Read MD section
      CALL read_md_section(simpar, motion_section, md_section)
      ! Setup print_keys
      simpar%info_constraint = cp_print_key_unit_nr(logger, constraint_section, &
                                                    "CONSTRAINT_INFO", extension=".shakeLog", log_filename=.false.)
      simpar%lagrange_multipliers = cp_print_key_unit_nr(logger, constraint_section, &
                                                         "LAGRANGE_MULTIPLIERS", extension=".LagrangeMultLog", log_filename=.false.)
      simpar%dump_lm = btest(cp_print_key_should_output(logger%iter_info, constraint_section, &
                                                        "LAGRANGE_MULTIPLIERS"), cp_p_file)
 
      ! Create the structure for the md energies
      ALLOCATE (md_ener)
      CALL create_md_ener(md_ener)
      CALL set_md_env(md_env, md_ener=md_ener)
      NULLIFY (md_ener)
 
      ! If requested setup Thermostats
      CALL create_thermostats(thermostats, md_section, force_env, simpar, para_env, &
                              globenv, global_section)
 
      ! If requested setup Barostat
      CALL create_barostat_type(barostat, md_section, force_env, simpar, globenv)
 
      ! If requested setup different thermal regions
      CALL create_thermal_regions(thermal_regions, md_section, simpar, force_env)
 
      ! If doing langevin_ensemble, then print out langevin_regions information upon request
      IF (simpar%ensemble == langevin_ensemble) THEN
         my_pos = "REWIND"
         my_act = "WRITE"
         CALL print_thermal_regions_langevin(thermal_regions, simpar, &
                                             pos=my_pos, act=my_act)
      END IF
 
      CALL set_md_env(md_env, thermostats=thermostats, barostat=barostat, thermal_regions=thermal_regions)
 
      CALL get_md_env(md_env, ehrenfest_md=ehrenfest_md)
 
      !If requested set up the REFTRAJ run
      IF (simpar%ensemble == reftraj_ensemble .AND. ehrenfest_md) &
         cpabort("Ehrenfest MD does not support reftraj ensemble ")
      IF (simpar%ensemble == reftraj_ensemble) THEN
         reftraj_section => section_vals_get_subs_vals(md_section, "REFTRAJ")
         ALLOCATE (reftraj)
         CALL create_reftraj(reftraj, reftraj_section, para_env)
         CALL set_md_env(md_env, reftraj=reftraj)
      END IF
 
      CALL force_env_get(force_env, subsys=subsys, cell=cell, &
                         force_env_section=force_env_section)
      CALL cp_subsys_get(subsys, virial=virial)
 
      ! Set V0 if needed
      IF (simpar%ensemble == nph_uniaxial_ensemble .OR. simpar%ensemble == nph_uniaxial_damped_ensemble) THEN
         IF (simpar%v0 == 0._dp) simpar%v0 = cell%deth
      END IF
 
      ! Initialize velocities possibly applying constraints at the zeroth MD step
      CALL section_vals_val_get(motion_section, "PRINT%RESTART%SPLIT_RESTART_FILE", &
                                l_val=write_binary_restart_file)
      CALL setup_velocities(force_env, simpar, globenv, md_env, md_section, constraint_section, &
                            write_binary_restart_file)
 
      ! Setup Free Energy Calculation (if required)
      CALL fe_env_create(fe_env, free_energy_section)
 
      CALL set_md_env(md_env=md_env, simpar=simpar, fe_env=fe_env, cell=cell, &
                      force_env=force_env)
 
      ! Possibly initialize Wiener processes
      ![NB] Tested again within create_wiener_process.  Why??
      IF (need_per_atom_wiener_process(md_env)) CALL create_wiener_process(md_env)
 
      time_iter_start = m_walltime()
 
      CALL get_md_env(md_env, force_env=force_env, itimes=itimes, constant=constant, &
                      md_ener=md_ener, t=time, used_time=used_time)
 
      ! Attach the time counter of the meta_env to the one of the MD
      CALL set_meta_env(force_env%meta_env, time=time)
 
      ! Initialize the md_ener structure
      CALL initialize_md_ener(md_ener, force_env, simpar)
 
      ! Check for ensembles requiring the stress tensor - takes into account the possibility for
      ! multiple force_evals
      IF ((simpar%ensemble == npt_i_ensemble) .OR. &
          (simpar%ensemble == npt_ia_ensemble) .OR. &
          (simpar%ensemble == npt_f_ensemble) .OR. &
          (simpar%ensemble == npe_f_ensemble) .OR. &
          (simpar%ensemble == npe_i_ensemble) .OR. &
          (simpar%ensemble == nph_uniaxial_ensemble) .OR. &
          (simpar%ensemble == nph_uniaxial_damped_ensemble)) THEN
         check = virial%pv_availability
         IF (.NOT. check) &
            CALL cp_abort(__location__, &
                          "Virial evaluation not requested for this run in the input file!"// &
                          " You may consider to switch on the virial evaluation with the keyword: STRESS_TENSOR."// &
                          " Be sure the method you are using can compute the virial!")
         IF (ASSOCIATED(force_env%sub_force_env)) THEN
            DO i = 1, SIZE(force_env%sub_force_env)
               IF (ASSOCIATED(force_env%sub_force_env(i)%force_env)) THEN
                  CALL force_env_get(force_env%sub_force_env(i)%force_env, subsys=subsys_i)
                  CALL cp_subsys_get(subsys_i, virial=virial)
                  check = check .AND. virial%pv_availability
               END IF
            END DO
         END IF
         IF (.NOT. check) &
            CALL cp_abort(__location__, &
                          "Virial evaluation not requested for all the force_eval sections present in"// &
                          " the input file! You have to switch on the virial evaluation with the keyword: STRESS_TENSOR"// &
                          " in each force_eval section. Be sure the method you are using can compute the virial!")
      END IF
 
      ! Computing Forces at zero MD step
      IF (simpar%ensemble /= reftraj_ensemble) THEN
         CALL section_vals_val_get(md_section, "STEP_START_VAL", i_val=itimes)
         CALL section_vals_val_get(md_section, "TIME_START_VAL", r_val=time)
         CALL section_vals_val_get(md_section, "ECONS_START_VAL", r_val=constant)
         CALL cp_iterate(logger%iter_info, iter_nr=itimes)
         IF (save_mem) THEN
            work_section => section_vals_get_subs_vals(subsys_section, "VELOCITY")
            CALL section_vals_remove_values(work_section)
            work_section => section_vals_get_subs_vals(subsys_section, "SHELL_VELOCITY")
            CALL section_vals_remove_values(work_section)
            work_section => section_vals_get_subs_vals(subsys_section, "CORE_VELOCITY")
            CALL section_vals_remove_values(work_section)
         END IF
 
         IF (ehrenfest_md) THEN
            CALL rt_prop_setup(force_env)
            force_env%qs_env%rtp%dt = simpar%dt
         ELSE
            ![NB] Lets let all methods, even ones without consistent energies, succeed here.
            !     They'll fail in actual integrator if needed
            ! consistent_energies=.FALSE. by default
            CALL force_env_calc_energy_force(force_env, calc_force=.true.)
         END IF
 
         IF (ASSOCIATED(force_env%qs_env)) THEN
            CALL qs_env_time_update(force_env%qs_env, time, itimes)
         END IF
         ! Warm-up engines for metadynamics
         IF (ASSOCIATED(force_env%meta_env)) THEN
            ! Setup stuff for plumed if needed
            IF (force_env%meta_env%use_plumed .EQV. .true.) THEN
               CALL metadyn_initialise_plumed(force_env, simpar, itimes)
            ELSE
               IF (force_env%meta_env%langevin) THEN
                  CALL create_wiener_process_cv(force_env%meta_env)
               END IF
               IF (force_env%meta_env%well_tempered) THEN
                  force_env%meta_env%wttemperature = simpar%temp_ext
                  IF (force_env%meta_env%wtgamma > epsilon(1._dp)) THEN
                     dummy = force_env%meta_env%wttemperature*(force_env%meta_env%wtgamma - 1._dp)
                     IF (force_env%meta_env%delta_t > epsilon(1._dp)) THEN
                        check = abs(force_env%meta_env%delta_t - dummy) < 1.e+3_dp*epsilon(1._dp)
                        IF (.NOT. check) &
                           CALL cp_abort(__location__, &
                                         "Inconsistency between DELTA_T and WTGAMMA (both specified):"// &
                                         " please, verify that DELTA_T=(WTGAMMA-1)*TEMPERATURE")
                     ELSE
                        force_env%meta_env%delta_t = dummy
                     END IF
                  ELSE
                     force_env%meta_env%wtgamma = 1._dp &
                                                  + force_env%meta_env%delta_t/force_env%meta_env%wttemperature
                  END IF
                  force_env%meta_env%invdt = 1._dp/force_env%meta_env%delta_t
               END IF
               CALL metadyn_forces(force_env)
               CALL metadyn_write_colvar(force_env)
            END IF
         END IF
 
         IF (simpar%do_respa) THEN
            CALL force_env_calc_energy_force(force_env%sub_force_env(1)%force_env, &
                                             calc_force=.true.)
         END IF
 
         CALL force_env_get(force_env, subsys=subsys)
 
         CALL cp_subsys_get(subsys, atomic_kinds=atomic_kinds, local_particles=local_particles, &
                            particles=particles, virial=virial)
 
         CALL virial_evaluate(atomic_kinds%els, particles%els, local_particles, &
                              virial, force_env%para_env)
 
         CALL md_energy(md_env, md_ener)
         CALL md_write_output(md_env) !inits the print env at itimes == 0 also writes trajectories
         md_stride = 1
      ELSE
         CALL get_md_env(md_env, reftraj=reftraj)
         CALL initialize_reftraj(reftraj, reftraj_section, md_env)
         itimes = reftraj%info%first_snapshot - 1
         md_stride = reftraj%info%stride
         IF (ASSOCIATED(force_env%meta_env)) THEN
            IF (force_env%meta_env%use_plumed .EQV. .true.) THEN
               CALL metadyn_initialise_plumed(force_env, simpar, itimes)
            END IF
         END IF
      END IF
 
      CALL cp_print_key_finished_output(simpar%info_constraint, logger, &
                                        constraint_section, "CONSTRAINT_INFO")
      CALL cp_print_key_finished_output(simpar%lagrange_multipliers, logger, &
                                        constraint_section, "LAGRANGE_MULTIPLIERS")
 
! if we need the initial kinetic energy for Hybrid Monte Carlo
      IF (PRESENT(hmc_e_initial)) hmc_e_initial = md_ener%ekin
 
      IF (itimes >= simpar%max_steps) CALL cp_abort(__location__, &
                                                    "maximum step number smaller than initial step value")
 
      ! Real MD Loop
      DO istep = 1, simpar%nsteps, md_stride
         IF (output_unit > 0) THEN
            WRITE (md_step_line, fmt="(A,I12,A,I0)") "MD STEP: ", istep, " / ", simpar%nsteps
 
            WRITE (unit=output_unit, fmt="(/,T2,A)") repeat("-", len_trim(md_step_line))
            WRITE (unit=output_unit, fmt="(T2,A)") trim(md_step_line)
            WRITE (unit=output_unit, fmt="(T2,A)") repeat("-", len_trim(md_step_line))
            CALL m_flush(output_unit)
         END IF
         ! Increase counters
         itimes = itimes + 1
         time = time + simpar%dt
         !needed when electric field fields are applied
         IF (ASSOCIATED(force_env%qs_env)) THEN
            CALL qs_env_time_update(force_env%qs_env, time, itimes)
         END IF
         IF (ehrenfest_md) force_env%qs_env%rtp%istep = istep
 
         IF (.NOT. logger%iter_info%last_iter(logger%iter_info%n_rlevel)) THEN
            CALL cp_iterate(logger%iter_info, last=(istep == simpar%nsteps), iter_nr=itimes)
         ELSE
            CALL cp_iterate(logger%iter_info, last=.true., iter_nr=itimes)
         END IF
 
         ! Open possible Shake output units
         simpar%info_constraint = cp_print_key_unit_nr(logger, constraint_section, "CONSTRAINT_INFO", &
                                                       extension=".shakeLog", log_filename=.false.)
         simpar%lagrange_multipliers = cp_print_key_unit_nr( &
                                       logger, constraint_section, &
                                       "LAGRANGE_MULTIPLIERS", extension=".LagrangeMultLog", log_filename=.false.)
         simpar%dump_lm = btest(cp_print_key_should_output(logger%iter_info, constraint_section, &
                                                           "LAGRANGE_MULTIPLIERS"), cp_p_file)
 
         ! Update temperature for thermal regions and thermostat regions
         CALL update_expected_temperature(md_env)
 
         ! Velocity Verlet Integrator
         CALL velocity_verlet(md_env, globenv)
 
         ! Close Shake output if requested...
         CALL cp_print_key_finished_output(simpar%info_constraint, logger, &
                                           constraint_section, "CONSTRAINT_INFO")
         CALL cp_print_key_finished_output(simpar%lagrange_multipliers, logger, &
                                           constraint_section, "LAGRANGE_MULTIPLIERS")
 
         ! Free Energy calculation
         CALL free_energy_evaluate(md_env, should_stop, free_energy_section)
 
         IF (should_stop) EXIT
 
         ! Test for <PROJECT_NAME>.EXIT_MD or for WALL_TIME to exit
         ! Default:
         ! IF so we don't overwrite the restart or append to the trajectory
         ! because the execution could in principle stop inside the SCF where energy
         ! and forces are not converged.
         ! But:
         ! You can force to print the last step (for example if the method used
         ! to compute energy and forces is not SCF based) activating the print_key
         ! MOTION%MD%PRINT%FORCE_LAST.
         CALL external_control(should_stop, "MD", globenv=globenv)
 
         !check if upper bound of total steps has been reached
         IF (.NOT. (istep == simpar%nsteps) .AND. logger%iter_info%last_iter(logger%iter_info%n_rlevel)) should_stop = .true.
         IF (itimes >= simpar%max_steps) should_stop = .true.
 
         ! call external hook e.g. from global optimization
         IF (PRESENT(mdctrl)) &
            CALL mdctrl_callback(mdctrl, md_env, should_stop)
 
         IF (should_stop) THEN
            CALL cp_iterate(logger%iter_info, last=.true., iter_nr=itimes)
            !In Ehrenfest molecular dynamics the external control is only checked after a converged propagation
            !The restart needs to be written in order to be consistent with the mos/density matrix for the restart
            IF (run_type_id == ehrenfest) THEN
               CALL md_output(md_env, md_section, force_env%root_section, .false.)
            ELSE
               CALL md_output(md_env, md_section, force_env%root_section, should_stop)
            END IF
            EXIT
         END IF
 
         IF (simpar%ensemble /= reftraj_ensemble) THEN
            CALL md_energy(md_env, md_ener)
            CALL temperature_control(simpar, md_env, md_ener, force_env, logger)
            CALL comvel_control(md_ener, force_env, md_section, logger)
            CALL angvel_control(md_ener, force_env, md_section, logger)
         ELSE
            CALL md_ener_reftraj(md_env, md_ener)
         END IF
 
         time_iter_stop = m_walltime()
         used_time = time_iter_stop - time_iter_start
         time_iter_start = time_iter_stop
 
         CALL md_output(md_env, md_section, force_env%root_section, should_stop)
         IF (simpar%ensemble == reftraj_ensemble) THEN
            CALL write_output_reftraj(md_env)
         END IF
      END DO
 
! if we need the final kinetic energy for Hybrid Monte Carlo
      IF (PRESENT(hmc_e_final)) hmc_e_final = md_ener%ekin
 
      ! Remove the iteration level
      CALL cp_rm_iter_level(logger%iter_info, "MD")
 
      ! Clean up PLUMED
      IF (ASSOCIATED(force_env%meta_env)) THEN
         IF (force_env%meta_env%use_plumed .EQV. .true.) THEN
            CALL metadyn_finalise_plumed()
         END IF
      END IF
 
      ! Deallocate Thermostats and Barostats
      CALL release_simpar_type(simpar)
      CALL timestop(handle)
 
   END SUBROUTINE qs_mol_dyn_low
 
END MODULE md_run