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13 Thu
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17 dielectric calculates frequency dependent dielectric constants
18 from the autocorrelation function of the total dipole moment in
19 your simulation. This ACF can be generated by
<a href=
"g_dipoles.html">g_dipoles
</a>.
20 For an estimate of the error you can run g_statistics on the
21 ACF, and use the output thus generated for this program.
22 The functional forms of the available functions are:
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23 One parameter : y = Exp[-a1 x],
24 Two parameters : y = a2 Exp[-a1 x],
25 Three parameters: y = a2 Exp[-a1 x] + (
1 - a2) Exp[-a3 x].
26 Start values for the fit procedure can be given on the command line.
27 It is also possible to fix parameters at their start value, use -fix
28 with the number of the parameter you want to fix.
30 Three output files are generated, the first contains the ACF,
31 an exponential fit to it with
1,
2 or
3 parameters, and the
32 numerical derivative of the combination data/fit.
33 The second file contains the real and imaginary parts of the
34 frequency-dependent dielectric constant, the last gives a plot
35 known as the Cole-Cole plot, in which the imaginary
36 component is plotted as a function of the real component.
37 For a pure exponential relaxation (Debye relaxation) the latter
38 plot should be one half of a circle.
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42 <TR><TH>option
</TH><TH>filename
</TH><TH>type
</TH><TH>description
</TH></TR>
43 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-f
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt><a href=
"xvg.html"> dipcorr.xvg
</a></tt> </TD><TD> Input
</TD><TD> xvgr/xmgr file
</TD></TR>
44 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-d
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt><a href=
"xvg.html"> deriv.xvg
</a></tt> </TD><TD> Output
</TD><TD> xvgr/xmgr file
</TD></TR>
45 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-o
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt><a href=
"xvg.html"> epsw.xvg
</a></tt> </TD><TD> Output
</TD><TD> xvgr/xmgr file
</TD></TR>
46 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-c
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt><a href=
"xvg.html"> cole.xvg
</a></tt> </TD><TD> Output
</TD><TD> xvgr/xmgr file
</TD></TR>
49 <H3>Other options
</H3>
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51 <TR><TH>option
</TH><TH>type
</TH><TH>default
</TH><TH>description
</TH></TR>
52 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-[no]h
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> gmx_bool
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>no
</tt> </TD><TD> Print help info and quit
</TD></TD>
53 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-[no]version
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> gmx_bool
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>no
</tt> </TD><TD> Print version info and quit
</TD></TD>
54 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-nice
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> int
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>19</tt> </TD><TD> Set the nicelevel
</TD></TD>
55 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-b
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> time
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>0 </tt> </TD><TD> First frame (ps) to read from trajectory
</TD></TD>
56 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-e
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> time
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>0 </tt> </TD><TD> Last frame (ps) to read from trajectory
</TD></TD>
57 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-dt
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> time
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>0 </tt> </TD><TD> Only use frame when t MOD dt = first time (ps)
</TD></TD>
58 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-[no]w
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> gmx_bool
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>no
</tt> </TD><TD> View output
<a href=
"xvg.html">xvg
</a>,
<a href=
"xpm.html">xpm
</a>,
<a href=
"eps.html">eps
</a> and
<a href=
"pdb.html">pdb
</a> files
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59 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-xvg
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> enum
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>xmgrace
</tt> </TD><TD> <a href=
"xvg.html">xvg
</a> plot formatting:
<tt>xmgrace
</tt>,
<tt>xmgr
</tt> or
<tt>none
</tt> </TD></TD>
60 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-[no]fft
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> gmx_bool
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>no
</tt> </TD><TD> use fast fourier transform for correlation function
</TD></TD>
61 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-[no]x1
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> gmx_bool
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>yes
</tt> </TD><TD> use first column as X axis rather than first data set
</TD></TD>
62 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-eint
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> real
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>5 </tt> </TD><TD> Time were to end the integration of the data and start to use the fit
</TD></TD>
63 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-bfit
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> real
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>5 </tt> </TD><TD> Begin time of fit
</TD></TD>
64 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-efit
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> real
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>500 </tt> </TD><TD> End time of fit
</TD></TD>
65 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-tail
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> real
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>500 </tt> </TD><TD> Length of function including data and tail from fit
</TD></TD>
66 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-A
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> real
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>0.5 </tt> </TD><TD> Start value for fit parameter A
</TD></TD>
67 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-tau1
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> real
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>10 </tt> </TD><TD> Start value for fit parameter tau1
</TD></TD>
68 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-tau2
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> real
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>1 </tt> </TD><TD> Start value for fit parameter tau2
</TD></TD>
69 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-eps0
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> real
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>80 </tt> </TD><TD> Epsilon
0 of your liquid
</TD></TD>
70 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-epsRF
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> real
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>78.5 </tt> </TD><TD> Epsilon of the reaction field used in your simulation. A value of
0 means infinity.
</TD></TD>
71 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-fix
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> int
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>0</tt> </TD><TD> Fix parameters at their start values, A (
2), tau1 (
1), or tau2 (
4)
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72 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-ffn
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> enum
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>none
</tt> </TD><TD> Fit function:
<tt>none
</tt>,
<tt>exp
</tt>,
<tt>aexp
</tt>,
<tt>exp_exp
</tt>,
<tt>vac
</tt>,
<tt>exp5
</tt>,
<tt>exp7
</tt> or
<tt>exp9
</tt> </TD></TD>
73 <TR><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <b><tt>-nsmooth
</tt></b> </TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> int
</TD><TD ALIGN=RIGHT
> <tt>3</tt> </TD><TD> Number of points for smoothing
</TD></TD>
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