g_dielectric(1)
NAME
g_dielectric - calculates frequency dependent dielectric constants
SYNOPSIS
g_dielectric -f Mtot.xvg -d deriv.xvg -o epsw.xvg -c cole.xvg -[no]h -nice int -b time -e time -dt time -[no]w -[no]xvgr -[no]fft -[no]x1 -eint real -bfit real -efit real -tail real -A real -tau1 real -tau2 real -eps0 real -epsRF real -fix int -ffn enum -nsmooth int
DESCRIPTION
dielectric calculates frequency dependent dielectric constants from the autocorrelation function of the total dipole moment in your simulation. This ACF can be generated by g_dipoles. For an estimate of the error you can run g_statistics on the ACF, and use the output thus generated for this program. The functional forms of the available functions are:
One parmeter : y = Exp[-a1 x] Two parmeters : y = a2 Exp[-a1 x] Three
parmeter: y = a2 Exp[-a1 x] + (1 - a2) Exp[-a3 x] Startvalues for the
fit procedure can be given on the commandline. It is also possible to
fix parameters at their start value, use -fix with the number of the
parameter you want to fix.
Three output files are generated, the first contains the ACF, an exponential fit to it with 1, 2 or 3 parameters, and the numerical derivative of the combination data/fit. The second file contains the real
and imaginary parts of the frequency-dependent dielectric constant, the
last gives a plot known as the Cole-Cole plot, in which the imaginary
component is plotted as a function of the real component. For a pure
exponential relaxation (Debye relaxation) the latter plot should be one
half of a circle
FILES
- -f Mtot.xvg Input
- xvgr/xmgr file
- -d deriv.xvg Output
- xvgr/xmgr file
- -o epsw.xvg Output
- xvgr/xmgr file
- -c cole.xvg Output
- xvgr/xmgr file
OTHER OPTIONS
- -[no]h no
- Print help info and quit
- -nice int 19
- Set the nicelevel
- -b time 0
- First frame (ps) to read from trajectory
- -e time 0
- Last frame (ps) to read from trajectory
- -dt time 0
- Only use frame when t MOD dt = first time (ps)
- -[no]w no
- View output xvg, xpm, eps and pdb files
- -[no]xvgr yes
- Add specific codes (legends etc.) in the output xvg files for the
- xmgrace program
- -[no]fft no
- use fast fourier transform for correlation function
- -[no]x1 yes
- use first column as X axis rather than first data set
- -eint real 5
- Time were to end the integration of the data and start to use the fit
- -bfit real 5
- Begin time of fit
- -efit real 500
- End time of fit
- -tail real 500
- Length of function including data and tail from fit
- -A real 0.5
- Start value for fit parameter A
- -tau1 real 10
- Start value for fit parameter tau1
- -tau2 real 1
- Start value for fit parameter tau2
- -eps0 real 80
- Epsilon 0 of your liquid
- -epsRF real 78.5
- Epsilon of the reaction field used in your simulation. A value of 0
- means infinity.
- -fix int 0
- Fix parameters at their start values, A (2), tau1 (1), or tau2 (4)
- -ffn enum none
- Fit function: none , exp , aexp , exp_exp , vac , exp5 , exp7 or exp9
- -nsmooth int 3
- Number of points for smoothing
SEE ALSO
- More information about the GROMACS suite is available in /usr/share/doc/gromacs or at <http://www.gromacs.org/>.