On 15 Aug 2013 15:27, "grita" <cemilyi...@arcor.de> wrote > In short, the sigma is the separation or the 'diameter'. True or False ???
Neither. The diameter of a particle is a meaningless concept here. You have a continuous potential, not a definite boundary. If you want your particles to *almost* never come closer than a certain distance, you need the potential to be positive and much higher than the average thermal energy at that distance. How to translate this in numbers depends on your specific needs. > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://gromacs.5086.x6.nabble.com/what-is-sigma-in-gromacs-the-radius-of-a-sphere-or-the-diameter-of-a-sphere-tp5010517p5010526.html > Sent from the GROMACS Users Forum mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > -- > gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org > http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users > * Please search the archive at http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! > * Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the > www interface or send it to gmx-users-requ...@gromacs.org. > * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists -- gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users * Please search the archive at http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! * Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the www interface or send it to gmx-users-requ...@gromacs.org. * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists