Hi Wang,Ying,
the atomic charges in the prmtop file are the partial charges multiplied
by 18.2223. This is done for performance I guess and one of the reasons
why I refer to the prmtop files as almost human-readable. See also
http://amber.scripps.edu/Questions/units.html
Regards,
Thomas
Dr. Thomas Steinbrecher
The Scripps Research Institute
10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd.
San Diego CA 92037, USA
On Tue, 23 Oct 2007, WANG,YING wrote:
> Hi, Dear all,
> I have a question about the unit of the charge values of the atoms of the
> .prmtop file. Could any body tell me what's the unit? It is not e.u. and it
> also doesn't look like coulomb. Thanks very much!!
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> Have a good day!
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