This file was sent to the NIST IPRP by V.V. Zhakhovsky (VNIIA) on 25 Feb. 2017 and posted with his permission. Dr. Zhakhovsky noted that the potential was used in several works related to MD simulations of laser ablation and shock-wave loading, and that the potential was designed to reproduce the cold stress curves, the shock Hugoniot, and the melting point with good accuracy. From the original analytical potential in file Au-EAM-Zhak1 of 28 August 2008 by Vasily V. Zhakhovsky