[gmx-users] Using the md integrator for calculating free energy of solvation

[Justin Lemkul]

On 3/26/17 9:40 PM, Dan Gil wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am following Dr. Sander Pronk's and Dr. Justin Lemkul's tutorial on
> calculating free energy of solvation. Is it possible and theoretically
> sound to use the md integrator instead of the sd integrator for these
> calculations?
>

Langevin dynamics gives better sampling so it is frequently used for free energy 
calculations.  You may get comparable results with the leap-frog integrator, but 
I haven never done a side-by-side comparison.

-Justin

> I have already done a considerable amount of work using md integration, and
> I want to make sure that the free energy values I calculate are consistent
> with my previous work.
>
> If using the md integrator is not sound, is there an alternative way of
> calculating solvation energy that will be consistent?
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Dan
>

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