[gmx-users] A question on x, y axis of order parameters (g_order)

[David]

On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 19:49, Hwankyu Lee wrote:
> Dear, gmx-users,
> 
> I'm using g_order to get order parameters, and could look atreasonable
> results based on z-axis.
> However, I'm curious about order parameter results of x,y axis. Ithink
> they should be symmetrical, due to thetaX = 90 - thetaY, but itdoesn't
> look like what I expected. Especially, theta values from Sx,Sy were
> not matching to each other.
> The gromacs manual explains that "the parameters Sx and Sy are
> definedin the same way".   Sx and Sy are calculated by different
> ways?? Could you give me any explanation on that?
> 
This code is quite old. I'm not aware of any grave errors in it though,
but please check src/tools/gmx_order.c


> best,
> Hwankyu.
-- 
David.
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