[gmx-users] cut-off

[nishap.patel at utoronto.ca]

I see what you mean, so say if I am doing RDF, the values beyond 9A  
would be bogus?


Quoting "Justin A. Lemkul" <jalemkul at vt.edu>:

>
>
> nishap.patel at utoronto.ca wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>>    I wanted to know, if say my box is 30A (cubic) and if I set my   
>> cut-off lengths i.e. rvdw-switch = 0.8 and rvdw =0.9 , does that   
>> mean, the simulation will cut-0ff at 9A? Should I be changing that   
>> to 1.5nm (to get half the box cut-off)? I am a little confused   
>> about that.
>>
>
> Setting rvdw = 0.9 means that van der Waals interactions beyond 0.9 nm
> are zero.   It has no effect on, for example, Coulombic interactions.
>
> Most force fields have defined cutoffs that should be used in order to
> be consistent with the original derivation of the parameter set, so it
> is generally inadvisable to make ad hoc changes to the cutoffs in order
> to meet some arbitrary criterion.  The minimum image convention
> specifies that your longest cutoff must always be less than half the
> smallest box vector.  If you set up a system with a cutoff equal to
> exactly one half of a box vector, if that box vector decreases even
> slightly (i.e., under the influence of pressure coupling), then you
> will be calculating spurious forces.
>
> -Justin
>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Nisha Patel
>>
>>
>
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