Re: [AMBER] Use energy fluctuations as the criterion of equilibrium in the NPT ensembles?

From: Daniel Roe <daniel.r.roe.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:29:28 -0400

Hi,

In my opinion the best indication that a system in the NPT ensemble is
production-ready is if your system density has flattened out. Just
check your density versus time.

-Dan

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 8:02 PM, Xing <stecue.gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I've built a protein model in explicit water (TIP3P) and I have minimized/heated the system. I'm equilibrating the system in NPT ensembles using MD now. How do I know the system has reached
> equilibrium and when can I start the production run? Can I use the total energy fluctuation as some kind of criterion? ... I don't know if there is an expression about the energy fluctuation in NPT
> ensembles.
>
> --
> Thanks and best wishes,
> Xing
>
>
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