[gmx-users] g_dist

[Justin Lemkul]

On 12/29/13, 8:17 AM, Andrew Bostick wrote:
> Dear gromacs users
>
> I know g_dist tool calculates the distance between the centers of mass of
> two groups of atoms as a function of time.
>
> How to obtain average distances of the selected atoms form the bilayer
> midplane. In this case, one group is selected atoms, but another group?
>

If you are interested in the bilayer midplane, then selecting the entire bilayer 
as the other group is appropriate.

> Is g_dist appropriate for this case? How?
>

If you are not interested in the exact COM distance, but instead the distance 
between the group and the midplane, then looking only at the z-component of the 
COM distance seems to make sense, given that you would be uninterested in the x- 
and y-components of the distance, if the membrane is in the x-y plane.

-Justin

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