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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 for molecular simulations.  | 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]])  | <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268977800100471 W. B. Streett,  D. J. Tildesley and G. Saville "Multiple time-step methods in molecular dynamics", Molecular Physics '''35''' pp. 639-648 (1978)]</ref>  | ||
====RESPA====  | |||
A well known multiple time step method is the reversible reference system propagator algorithm ([[RESPA]]) <ref>[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)]</ref>.  | |||
==See also==  | ==See also==  | ||
*[[Dissipative particle dynamics]]  | *[[Dissipative particle dynamics]]  | ||
==References==  | |||
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[[category:molecular dynamics]]  | [[category:molecular dynamics]]  | ||
Revision as of 15:32, 27 July 2010
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
RESPA
A well known multiple time step method is the reversible reference system propagator algorithm (RESPA) [2].