[gmx-users] Re: scaling non-bonded interactions

[Vitaly Chaban]

Doesn't increased temperature work for this purpose?



On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:
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>
> Vitaly Chaban wrote:
>>>
>>> Is it possible to globally scale all non-bonded interactions by a factor
>>> ?  I know there are energy exclusion groups, but that is an all or nothing
>>> approach, while I would like to reduce non-bonded interaction potentials to
>>> e.g. 10% of their normal value.
>>>
>>> If this is not possible, I suggest to have this as an option in the
>>> mdp-file.
>>
>>
>> I don't see much sense in such uniform scaling.
>>
>>
>
> Such scaling can be useful for overcoming energy barriers and speeding up
> equilibration.  This function is hinted at in the description of the
> couple-moltype .mdp keyword.  I don't know if that's the intent here, but it
> certainly does have an application.
>
> -Justin
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