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| The time-step is an important variable in molecular dynamics simulations. It is usually of the order of femto (<math>10^{-15}</math>) seconds. | The time-step is an important variable in molecular dynamics simulations. It is usually of the order of femto (<math>10^{-15}</math>) seconds for molecular simulations. | ||
| ==Multiple time steps== | ==Multiple time steps== | ||
| A well known multiple time step method is the reversible reference system propagator algorithm (RESPA): | A well known multiple time step method is the reversible reference system propagator algorithm (RESPA): | ||
| *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.463137     M. Tuckerman, B. J. Berne and G. J. Martyna "Reversible multiple time scale molecular dynamics", Journal of Chemical Physics '''97''' pp. 1990-2001 (1992)] | *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.463137     M. Tuckerman, B. J. Berne and G. J. Martyna "Reversible multiple time scale molecular dynamics", Journal of Chemical Physics '''97''' pp. 1990-2001 (1992)] | ||
| ==See also== | |||
| *[[Dissipative particle dynamics]] | |||
| [[category:molecular dynamics]] | [[category:molecular dynamics]] | ||
Revision as of 13:01, 6 December 2007
The time-step is an important variable in molecular dynamics simulations. It is usually of the order of femto () seconds for molecular simulations.
Multiple time steps
A well known multiple time step method is the reversible reference system propagator algorithm (RESPA):
