Loris Moretti wrote:
Hello everybody,
Sorry to post again the same question but I've got no answer so far.
I have a technical question, it might be silly but I couldn't find an answer so
far. How are assigned the initial velocities for the particles when Langevin
dynamics is performed?
In normal MD the gen_vel/gen_seed are used for random generation of the initial
velocities. I am used to vary this number with the same system in order to
explore the effect of different initial conditions. I was wondering if there is
such a possibility with Langevin dynamics, like changing the ld_seed number?
As you'll see in the manual (section 7.3.4) ld_seed is not used for
generating velocities. I expect gen_vel and gen_seed do this, since the
purpose of generating initial velocities doesn't change with the
integrator. You're still wanting to sample a Maxwell distribution, no?
You could have experimented with gen_seed and used gmxcheck to compare
pairs of .tpr files to answer your own question.
Mark
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