1 .TH g_current 1 "Thu 26 Aug 2010" "" "GROMACS suite, VERSION 4.5"
3 g_current - calculate current autocorrelation function of system
8 .BI "\-s" " topol.tpr "
9 .BI "\-n" " index.ndx "
10 .BI "\-f" " traj.xtc "
11 .BI "\-o" " current.xvg "
12 .BI "\-caf" " caf.xvg "
13 .BI "\-dsp" " dsp.xvg "
18 .BI "\-[no]version" ""
35 \&This is a tool for calculating the current autocorrelation function, the correlation
36 \&of the rotational and translational dipole moment of the system, and the resulting static
37 \&dielectric constant. To obtain a reasonable result the index group has to be neutral.
38 \&Furthermore the routine is capable of extracting the static conductivity from the current
39 \&autocorrelation function, if velocities are given. Additionally an Einstein\-Helfand fit also
40 \&allows to get the static conductivity.
43 \&The flag \fB \-caf\fR is for the output of the current autocorrelation function and \fB \-mc\fR writes the
44 \&correlation of the rotational and translational part of the dipole moment in the corresponding
45 \&file. However this option is only available for trajectories containing velocities.
46 \&Options \fB \-sh\fR and \fB \-tr\fR are responsible for the averaging and integration of the
47 \&autocorrelation functions. Since averaging proceeds by shifting the starting point
48 \&through the trajectory, the shift can be modified with \fB \-sh\fR to enable the choice of uncorrelated
49 \&starting points. Towards the end, statistical inaccuracy grows and integrating the
50 \&correlation function only yields reliable values until a certain point, depending on
51 \&the number of frames. The option \fB \-tr\fR controls the region of the integral taken into account
52 \&for calculating the static dielectric constant.
56 \&Option \fB \-temp\fR sets the temperature required for the computation of the static dielectric constant.
60 \&Option \fB \-eps\fR controls the dielectric constant of the surrounding medium for simulations using
61 \&a Reaction Field or dipole corrections of the Ewald summation (eps=0 corresponds to
62 \&tin\-foil boundary conditions).
66 \&\fB \-[no]nojump\fR unfolds the coordinates to allow free diffusion. This is required to get a continuous
67 \&translational dipole moment, required for the Einstein\-Helfand fit. The resuls from the fit allow to
68 \&determine the dielectric constant for system of charged molecules. However it is also possible to extract
69 \&the dielectric constant from the fluctuations of the total dipole moment in folded coordinates. But this
70 \&options has to be used with care, since only very short time spans fulfill the approximation, that the density
71 \&of the molecules is approximately constant and the averages are already converged. To be on the safe side,
72 \&the dielectric constant should be calculated with the help of the Einstein\-Helfand method for
73 \&the translational part of the dielectric constant.
75 .BI "\-s" " topol.tpr"
77 Structure+mass(db): tpr tpb tpa gro g96 pdb
79 .BI "\-n" " index.ndx"
85 Trajectory: xtc trr trj gro g96 pdb cpt
87 .BI "\-o" " current.xvg"
91 .BI "\-caf" " caf.xvg"
95 .BI "\-dsp" " dsp.xvg"
113 Print help info and quit
115 .BI "\-[no]version" "no "
116 Print version info and quit
118 .BI "\-nice" " int" " 0"
121 .BI "\-b" " time" " 0 "
122 First frame (ps) to read from trajectory
124 .BI "\-e" " time" " 0 "
125 Last frame (ps) to read from trajectory
127 .BI "\-dt" " time" " 0 "
128 Only use frame when t MOD dt = first time (ps)
131 View output xvg, xpm, eps and pdb files
133 .BI "\-xvg" " enum" " xmgrace"
134 xvg plot formatting: \fB xmgrace\fR, \fB xmgr\fR or \fB none\fR
136 .BI "\-sh" " int" " 1000"
137 Shift of the frames for averaging the correlation functions and the mean\-square displacement.
139 .BI "\-[no]nojump" "yes "
140 Removes jumps of atoms across the box.
142 .BI "\-eps" " real" " 0 "
143 Dielectric constant of the surrounding medium. eps=0.0 corresponds to eps=infinity (thinfoil boundary conditions).
145 .BI "\-bfit" " real" " 100 "
146 Begin of the fit of the straight line to the MSD of the translational fraction of the dipole moment.
148 .BI "\-efit" " real" " 400 "
149 End of the fit of the straight line to the MSD of the translational fraction of the dipole moment.
151 .BI "\-bvit" " real" " 0.5 "
152 Begin of the fit of the current autocorrelation function to a*tb.
154 .BI "\-evit" " real" " 5 "
155 End of the fit of the current autocorrelation function to a*tb.
157 .BI "\-tr" " real" " 0.25 "
158 Fraction of the trajectory taken into account for the integral.
160 .BI "\-temp" " real" " 300 "
161 Temperature for calculating epsilon.
166 More information about \fBGROMACS\fR is available at <\fIhttp://www.gromacs.org/\fR>.