[gmx-users] LJ-SR and LJ-14

[Justin Lemkul]

On 8/15/16 6:56 PM, Stella Nickerson wrote:
> If you want the "total" Lennard-Jones potential between two groups, would
> you simply add LJ-SR + LJ-14? If so, what is the utility of calculating
> both potentials separately?
>

LJ-SR are normal nonbonded interactions within the short-range cutoff.  LJ-14 
are, by definition, intramolecular interactions occurring between 1-4 pairs. 
Whether or not such a decomposition has any physical meaning depends on whether 
or not the force field parametrization assigns them any meaning.

-Justin

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