[gmx-users] question on thermodynamic integration

[David van der Spoel]

Manohar Murthi wrote:
> hi everyone,
> 
> i'd like to know whether people have attempted to do
> thermodynamic integration by continuously changing a
> constraint distance with time. i've not seen such an
> approach discussed on this mailing list, and i'm
> wondering whether it's an incredibly stupid idea for
> some reason i have yet to fathom. 

that works out of the box but you need to use LINCS as the constraint 
algorithm.

> 
> i'm also curious about the distribution of work values
> (integral (dH/dLambda) dLambda) encountered when one
> does this for a solvated system.
> 
> any feedback will be most appreciated.
> 
> cheers
> mo
> 
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