[AMBER] smaller cutoff resulting in NaNs

From: Yang, Li-Yen via AMBER <amber.ambermd.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 20:05:30 +0000

Hello,

I am running a heating process under NVT.

I have previously run it with the same parameters (except the cutoff is different), and there weren’t any issues.
But now when I changed the cutoff from 30 to 10, I started to get NaN values in TEMP, EKtot, and Etot.

In my output file, it went from 0 to NaN as follows:
NSTEP = 0 TIME(PS) = 0.000 TEMP(K) = 0.00 PRESS = 0.0
Etot = -763233.3804 EKtot = 0.0000 EPtot = -763233.3804
BOND = 177.5013 ANGLE = 900.7922 DIHED = 3291.6735
1-4 NB = 1075.8873 1-4 EEL = 15422.6675 VDWAALS = 153707.8033
EELEC = -937809.7054 EHBOND = 0.0000 RESTRAINT = 0.0000
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NMR restraints: Bond = 0.000 Angle = 0.000 Torsion = 0.000
===============================================================================

NSTEP = 1000 TIME(PS) = 2.000 TEMP(K) = NaN PRESS = 0.0
Etot = NaN EKtot = NaN EPtot = -521630.7470
BOND = 203.3871 ANGLE = 974.0687 DIHED = 3309.1011
1-4 NB = 1091.6651 1-4 EEL = 15411.0298 VDWAALS = 91794.1575
EELEC = -634414.1564 EHBOND = 0.0000 RESTRAINT = 0.0000
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NMR restraints: Bond = 0.000 Angle = 0.000 Torsion = 0.000


Below is the parameter settings I have:
&cntrl
   imin=0,
   irest=0,
   ntx=1,
   ntpr=1000,
   ntwx=1000,

   !MD settings
   nstlim=200000,
   dt=0.002,

   !Temperature Regulation
   ntt=3
   gamma_ln=5.0,
   ig=-1,

   !SHAKE bond length constraints.
   ntc=2,
   ntf=2,
   cut=10,

   !Potential function parameters
   ntb=1,
   iwrap=1,
   ioutfm=1,
   nmropt=1,
 /
&wt
   TYPE='TEMP0',
   ISTEP1=0,
   ISTEP2=150000,
   VALUE1=10.0,
   VALUE2=300.0,
/
&wt TYPE='END' /



Could anyone please point out to me what could be wrong with the simulation?

Thank you very much!

Best,
Zoey
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