1 .TH g_dipoles 1 "Mon 4 Apr 2011" "" "GROMACS suite, VERSION 4.5.4-dev-20110404-bc5695c"
3 g_dipoles - computes the total dipole plus fluctuations
5 .B VERSION 4.5.4-dev-20110404-bc5695c
8 .BI "\-en" " ener.edr "
10 .BI "\-s" " topol.tpr "
11 .BI "\-n" " index.ndx "
12 .BI "\-o" " Mtot.xvg "
13 .BI "\-eps" " epsilon.xvg "
14 .BI "\-a" " aver.xvg "
15 .BI "\-d" " dipdist.xvg "
16 .BI "\-c" " dipcorr.xvg "
18 .BI "\-adip" " adip.xvg "
19 .BI "\-dip3d" " dip3d.xvg "
20 .BI "\-cos" " cosaver.xvg "
21 .BI "\-cmap" " cmap.xpm "
22 .BI "\-q" " quadrupole.xvg "
23 .BI "\-slab" " slab.xvg "
25 .BI "\-[no]version" ""
33 .BI "\-mumax" " real "
34 .BI "\-epsilonRF" " real "
40 .BI "\-axis" " string "
42 .BI "\-gkratom" " int "
43 .BI "\-gkratom2" " int "
44 .BI "\-rcmax" " real "
46 .BI "\-nlevels" " int "
47 .BI "\-ndegrees" " int "
48 .BI "\-acflen" " int "
49 .BI "\-[no]normalize" ""
51 .BI "\-fitfn" " enum "
52 .BI "\-ncskip" " int "
53 .BI "\-beginfit" " real "
54 .BI "\-endfit" " real "
56 \&\fB g_dipoles\fR computes the total dipole plus fluctuations of a simulation
57 \&system. From this you can compute e.g. the dielectric constant for
58 \&low\-dielectric media.
59 \&For molecules with a net charge, the net charge is subtracted at
60 \¢er of mass of the molecule.
63 \&The file \fB Mtot.xvg\fR contains the total dipole moment of a frame, the
64 \&components as well as the norm of the vector.
65 \&The file \fB aver.xvg\fR contains |Mu|2 and | Mu |2 during the
67 \&The file \fB dipdist.xvg\fR contains the distribution of dipole moments during
69 \&The value of \fB \-mumax\fR is used as the highest value in the distribution graph.
72 \&Furthermore, the dipole autocorrelation function will be computed when
73 \&option \fB \-corr\fR is used. The output file name is given with the \fB \-c\fR
75 \&The correlation functions can be averaged over all molecules
76 \&(\fB mol\fR), plotted per molecule separately (\fB molsep\fR)
77 \&or it can be computed over the total dipole moment of the simulation box
81 \&Option \fB \-g\fR produces a plot of the distance dependent Kirkwood
82 \&G\-factor, as well as the average cosine of the angle between the dipoles
83 \&as a function of the distance. The plot also includes gOO and hOO
84 \&according to Nymand & Linse, J. Chem. Phys. 112 (2000) pp 6386\-6395. In the same plot,
85 \&we also include the energy per scale computed by taking the inner product of
86 \&the dipoles divided by the distance to the third power.
95 \&\fB g_dipoles \-corr mol \-P1 \-o dip_sqr \-mu 2.273 \-mumax 5.0 \-nofft\fR
98 \&This will calculate the autocorrelation function of the molecular
99 \&dipoles using a first order Legendre polynomial of the angle of the
100 \&dipole vector and itself a time t later. For this calculation 1001
101 \&frames will be used. Further, the dielectric constant will be calculated
102 \&using an epsilonRF of infinity (default), temperature of 300 K (default) and
103 \&an average dipole moment of the molecule of 2.273 (SPC). For the
104 \&distribution function a maximum of 5.0 will be used.
106 .BI "\-en" " ener.edr"
110 .BI "\-f" " traj.xtc"
112 Trajectory: xtc trr trj gro g96 pdb cpt
114 .BI "\-s" " topol.tpr"
116 Run input file: tpr tpb tpa
118 .BI "\-n" " index.ndx"
122 .BI "\-o" " Mtot.xvg"
126 .BI "\-eps" " epsilon.xvg"
130 .BI "\-a" " aver.xvg"
134 .BI "\-d" " dipdist.xvg"
138 .BI "\-c" " dipcorr.xvg"
146 .BI "\-adip" " adip.xvg"
150 .BI "\-dip3d" " dip3d.xvg"
154 .BI "\-cos" " cosaver.xvg"
158 .BI "\-cmap" " cmap.xpm"
160 X PixMap compatible matrix file
162 .BI "\-q" " quadrupole.xvg"
166 .BI "\-slab" " slab.xvg"
172 Print help info and quit
174 .BI "\-[no]version" "no "
175 Print version info and quit
177 .BI "\-nice" " int" " 19"
180 .BI "\-b" " time" " 0 "
181 First frame (ps) to read from trajectory
183 .BI "\-e" " time" " 0 "
184 Last frame (ps) to read from trajectory
186 .BI "\-dt" " time" " 0 "
187 Only use frame when t MOD dt = first time (ps)
190 View output \fB .xvg\fR, \fB .xpm\fR, \fB .eps\fR and \fB .pdb\fR files
192 .BI "\-xvg" " enum" " xmgrace"
193 xvg plot formatting: \fB xmgrace\fR, \fB xmgr\fR or \fB none\fR
195 .BI "\-mu" " real" " \-1 "
196 dipole of a single molecule (in Debye)
198 .BI "\-mumax" " real" " 5 "
199 max dipole in Debye (for histrogram)
201 .BI "\-epsilonRF" " real" " 0 "
202 epsilon of the reaction field used during the simulation, needed for dielectric constant calculation. WARNING: 0.0 means infinity (default)
204 .BI "\-skip" " int" " 0"
205 Skip steps in the output (but not in the computations)
207 .BI "\-temp" " real" " 300 "
208 Average temperature of the simulation (needed for dielectric constant calculation)
210 .BI "\-corr" " enum" " none"
211 Correlation function to calculate: \fB none\fR, \fB mol\fR, \fB molsep\fR or \fB total\fR
213 .BI "\-[no]pairs" "yes "
214 Calculate |cos theta| between all pairs of molecules. May be slow
216 .BI "\-ncos" " int" " 1"
217 Must be 1 or 2. Determines whether the cos is computed between all molecules in one group, or between molecules in two different groups. This turns on the \fB \-gkr\fR flag.
219 .BI "\-axis" " string" " Z"
220 Take the normal on the computational box in direction X, Y or Z.
222 .BI "\-sl" " int" " 10"
223 Divide the box in nr slices.
225 .BI "\-gkratom" " int" " 0"
226 Use the n\-th atom of a molecule (starting from 1) to calculate the distance between molecules rather than the center of charge (when 0) in the calculation of distance dependent Kirkwood factors
228 .BI "\-gkratom2" " int" " 0"
229 Same as previous option in case ncos = 2, i.e. dipole interaction between two groups of molecules
231 .BI "\-rcmax" " real" " 0 "
232 Maximum distance to use in the dipole orientation distribution (with ncos == 2). If zero, a criterion based on the box length will be used.
234 .BI "\-[no]phi" "no "
235 Plot the 'torsion angle' defined as the rotation of the two dipole vectors around the distance vector between the two molecules in the \fB .xpm\fR file from the \fB \-cmap\fR option. By default the cosine of the angle between the dipoles is plotted.
237 .BI "\-nlevels" " int" " 20"
238 Number of colors in the cmap output
240 .BI "\-ndegrees" " int" " 90"
241 Number of divisions on the \fI y\fR\-axis in the cmap output (for 180 degrees)
243 .BI "\-acflen" " int" " \-1"
244 Length of the ACF, default is half the number of frames
246 .BI "\-[no]normalize" "yes "
249 .BI "\-P" " enum" " 0"
250 Order of Legendre polynomial for ACF (0 indicates none): \fB 0\fR, \fB 1\fR, \fB 2\fR or \fB 3\fR
252 .BI "\-fitfn" " enum" " none"
253 Fit function: \fB none\fR, \fB exp\fR, \fB aexp\fR, \fB exp_exp\fR, \fB vac\fR, \fB exp5\fR, \fB exp7\fR, \fB exp9\fR or \fB erffit\fR
255 .BI "\-ncskip" " int" " 0"
256 Skip N points in the output file of correlation functions
258 .BI "\-beginfit" " real" " 0 "
259 Time where to begin the exponential fit of the correlation function
261 .BI "\-endfit" " real" " \-1 "
262 Time where to end the exponential fit of the correlation function, \-1 is until the end
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