Re: Colvars Boundary potentials do not look harmonic

From: Panel Nicolas (M.) (nicolas.panel_at_polytechnique.edu)
Date: Thu Jun 04 2015 - 08:08:49 CDT

Hi Jerome, Hi Jeff,

My mistake, I got a bit confused between force and energy terms... but it's clear now.
Thank you very much for your help.

Best,
Nicolas

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De: "Jeff Comer" <jeffcomer_at_gmail.com>
À: "NAMD list" <namd-l_at_ks.uiuc.edu>, "Jérôme Hénin" <jerome.henin_at_ibpc.fr>
Cc: "Panel Nicolas (M.)" <nicolas.panel_at_polytechnique.edu>
Envoyé: Mercredi 3 Juin 2015 18:54:28
Objet: Re: namd-l: Colvars Boundary potentials do not look harmonic

Harmonic means:
F = –k(x–x0)
E = k(x-x0)^2/2

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On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Jérôme Hénin <jerome.henin_at_ibpc.fr> wrote:
> Hi Nicolas,
>
>> but the force printed in the output seems to be only the difference
>> between the chi1 and the reference
>> multiplied by the force constant. So this potential is not harmonic but
>> linear.
>
>
> Nope, that is precisely what you'd expect from a harmonic potential.
>
> Best,
> Jerome

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