[gmx-users] Segmentation fault

[Justin Lemkul]

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On 8/29/16 6:16 AM, Seera Suryanarayana wrote:
> Sub: Segmentation fault
>
> Dear Justin and Vivek,
>
> I came to know what was my fault. I added the refcoordscale = com  in .mdp
> file and it going fine. I have through the many references for
> refcoordscale, despite of some information I am not getting what exactly it
> is?  Kindly give me some hit.
>

The pressure coupling scaling matrix adjusts atomic positions in response to 
variations in pressure.  If you use a fixed reference as the origin of the 
position restraints, you will get a systematic drift in that position with 
respect to the coordinates propagated during dynamics.  So with the 
refcoord_scaling option, the reference coordinates (e.g. those at t=0, usually) 
have the same scaling matrix applied to them so that you don't get spurious 
contributions that might distort the structure.  The "com" option scales 
relative to the center-of-mass of the restrained group(s), whereas "all" scales 
every atom individually.  I find "com" to generally be the best option.

-Justin

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