AMBER Archive (2003)

Subject: AMBER: one more question

From: Pingna Xu (px208_at_nyu.edu)
Date: Sat Oct 18 2003 - 13:01:32 CDT

Now I have one more question.You told me to set ntb=0 (no periodicity) and eedmeth=5 and then I will get a distance-dependent dielectric.So does it mean that I use the default igb,which is 0.I have noticed that the meaning of igb in amber 7 is different from that in amber 6.I am really not sure about the usage of the igb in amber 7.I have noticed the sentence "The generalized Born solvation model can be used instead of explicit water for non-polarizable force fields such as ff94 or ff99." Does it mean that the generalized Born solvation model is generally the same as the explicit water model?So now since I use the implicit water model,I should set igb=0,in which no generalized born term is used,right?Thanks!

Yours,
Pingna

----- Original Message -----
From: "David A. Case" <case_at_scripps.edu>
Date: Friday, October 17, 2003 6:36 pm
Subject: Re: AMBER: a question

> On Fri, Oct 17, 2003, Pingna Xu wrote:
> >
> > I have checked the website and found the sentence "Add the
> > following note: in Amber 6, igb=3 was used to specify a distance-
> dependent> dielectric; in Amber 7, this can be accomplished by
> setting eedmeth=5 in the
> > &ewald namelist (see p. 100)." But I think my case is not an
> ewald one.So
> > this sentence is not applicable to my case,right?I am not sure...
> >
>
> No,this is what you use, even thought you are not using Ewald.
> Set ntb=0
> (no periodicity) and eedmeth=5 and you will get a distance-dependent
> dielectric. Note that the manual does say (on p. 100)
> "[eedmeth=5] is
> indended for non-periodic calculations, where no reciprocal term
> is computed".
>
> ..good luck..dac
>
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