On 9/11/13 12:12 AM, Dwey Kauffman wrote:
True, but thermostats allow temperatures to oscillate on the order of a few
K,
and that doesn't happen on the macroscopic level either. Hence the small
disconnect between a system that has thousands of atoms and one that has
millions or trillions. Pressure fluctuations decrease on the order of
sqrt(N),
so the system size itself is a determining factor for the pressure
fluctuations.
As previous discussions have rightly concluded, pressure is a somewhat
ill-defined quantity in molecular systems like these.
Dose it also imply that it is not a good idea to study the relationship
between dimer (multimer) dissociation and macroscopic pressure in this case
? (due to the ill defined pressure).
I would simply think it would be very hard to draw any meaningful conclusions if
they depend on a microscopic quantity that varies so strongly.
It is hard to be justified if I assign a set of various ref_p= 0.7, 0.8,
0.9, 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 ...., perform independent simulations, and then obtain
outcomes of targeted quantities for comparison.
As with the original issue, I would find it hard to believe that any of the
differences observed in such a setup would be meaningful. Is 0.7 ± 100 actually
different from 1.2 ± 100?
You could try altering tau_p, but I doubt there is any value in doing so.
I would give it a try.
This will really only change the relaxation time. Smaller values of tau_p may
improve the average slightly, but may also (more likely) lead to instability,
especially with Parrinello-Rahman.
-Justin
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