Re: AMBER: units in hessian matrix

From: David A. Case <case.scripps.edu>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:07:03 -0800

On Thu, Feb 15, 2007, Adrian Roitberg wrote:

> isn't the matrix mass weighted ? if so, the units should be
> kcal/mol-A^2-dalton

OK: the hessian returned by the forces() routine has the units I stated.
It is then passed to the mweight() routine to do the mass-weighting and the
units would change. (Amber uses atomic-mass-units (amu) for masses.) After
this, it should no longer be called a "Hessian", I guess.

....dac

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