[gmx-users] replica exchange
X.Periole
X.Periole at rug.nl
Fri Jan 13 10:57:48 CET 2006
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:17:51 -0700
"Andrea C. Vaiana" <vaiana at lanl.gov> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> Mine are still test runs so I still don't have an
>optimal temperature distribution... so I still have to
>work a bit to rule out problems due to this.
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>>> this is due to the different density, you will see that
>>>at high
>>> temperature fewer inteeractions are calculated.
>> should this increase the speed ??
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> Actually I think it should... instead, my 2 replica run
>(~300 and 310 K) is faster than my 20 replica one (~300
>to ~510 K) by 20%. So I think it is not due to the fewer
>interactions... Could it be that at higher temperatures
>(lower density) the ewald summation gets slower because
>of a suboptimal distribution of particles in real and
> reciprocal space?
you could run 2 replicas at hight temperatures to see if
it a temperature effect ...
XAvier
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