[gmx-users] question about dielectric constant calculation

[David van der Spoel]

Lei Zhou wrote:
> Dear GMX-users,
> 
> I am trying to calculate the dieletric constant based on MD 
> trajectories. Two programs are used, g_dipoles and g_dielectric. I have 
> the following questions:
> 
> 1) In g_dipoles, what number should I use for the flag  -epsilonRF? I 
> used PME duing MD simulation with the epsilon-r as 1 and epsilon-surface 
> as 0.
In that case 0

> 2) What other flags are critical for calculation, like -P,  Order of 
> Legendre polynomial for ACF?
If you want to compute ACF, then P 2 could be used. Please refer to my 
paper, J Chem Phys 108 (1998) 10220-10230

> 3) Based on the manual, the epsilon calculated by g_dielectric is 
> frenquency-related. How about the epsilon output from g_dipoles and the 
> relationship to difference frenquencies?
To get frequency dependent epsilon, you need to run g_dielectric (see 
same paper)

> 4) I used the output from g_dipoles, Mtot.xvg, as an input for 
> g_dielectric. Here is the command used: g_dielectric -f Mtot.xvg, 
> however, I got the following error messages after frame 49: Fatal error: 
> nparm = 0 in file expfit.c, line 462.
Is Mtot.xvg OK?

You shouldn't get fatal error unless Mtot.xvg contains weird data. If 
you have checked Mtot.xvg and it is fine please submit a bugzilla.

> 
> I am really grateful for any help with those questions. Thank you.
> 
> Lei Zhou
> Columbia University
> 
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David van der Spoel, PhD, Assoc. Prof., Molecular Biophysics group,
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