[gmx-users] Lambda Dependence when delta_lambda = 0

[David]

On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 00:53, Ilya Chorny wrote:
> Hi Erik,
> 
> I ran a short test trajectory where 100 ps calculating the free energy
> of going from Ar - LJ1 (argon with a sigma one Angstrom smaller). In the
> mdp file I set free energy to yes and kept the rest of the free energy 
> parameters as defaults. I'm not sure I understand what the dH/dl in the
> case when delta_lambda = 0. Should it not just be the difference in the
> Hamiltonians between Ar and LJ1. The numbers seem a little high (~7000
> kJ/mol) and I would expect them to be negative. 
> 

dH/dl is the derivative of the energy with respect to lambda, it may
very well be non zero for any value of lambda. I think it is described
in the manual..

> Thanks,
> 
> Ilya
> 
> 
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