[gmx-users] Charge system simulation problem

[Justin Lemkul]

On 11/26/18 12:01 AM, Karpurmanjari Kakati wrote:
> Dear All,
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> My System contains, while doing NVT of the same, I got the following Note
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> *NOTE 1 [file sa.top, line 80]:  System has non-zero total charge:
> 12.936997  Total charge should normally be an integer. See
> http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Floating_Point_Arithmetic
> <http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Floating_Point_Arithmetic>  for
> discussion on how close it should be to an integer.*
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> This is possibly because of  the partial charges in the molecules in the
> ITP fie.

Something isn't parametrized correctly because you need to have an 
integer charge. Your total charge is not physical.

-Justin

> My doubt is can't I have a system with non zero and a decimal charge value.
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> Also I got the following warning:
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> *WARNING 1 [file sa.top, line 80]:  You are using Ewald electrostatics in a
> system with net charge. This can  lead to severe artifacts, such as ions
> moving into regions with low  dielectric, due to the uniform background
> charge. We suggest to  neutralize your system with counter ions, possibly
> in combination with a  physiological salt concentration.*
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> Can Someone help me with this?
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> Also this :
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> *Velocities were taken from a Maxwell distribution at 300 KRemoving all
> charge groups because cutoff-scheme=VerletAnalysing residue names:There
> are:     1      Other residuesThere are: 100000      Water residues*
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> Removing all charge group because the cut off scheme is verlet.
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> If That happens then will it show the behavior I want to see. Or shall I
> put any other scheme on that ?
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> Please help

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