Re: AMBER: Ewald in Amber 7

From: David A. Case <case.scripps.edu>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 09:30:23 -0800

On Fri, Dec 19, 2003, Ben Cossins wrote:

> Is it possible to have a non-ewald simulation in AMBER 7? I have been
> told that Ewald is always on in AMBER 7. Yet I have also seen a mail (below)
> in the AMBER archive which says if ntb=0 and igb=0 you get a non-ewald
> simulation. Which is the case?

Amber allows (but does not necessarily recommend) non-Ewald simulations.

>
> It seems to me that Ewald is always on, as when I run an ibelly simulation in
> AMBER 7 with ntb=0 and igb=o I get a warning about using Ewald with ibelly.

If you have turned off Ewald, you should ignore this message.

>
> If you set ntb=0 and igb=0 you will get a non-ewald simulation. If you
> then set eedmeth=5 in the &ewald namelist, you get an r-dielectric, but
> it is still not Ewald.
>

...dac

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