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[[long range interactions]] (typically, [[Electrostatics |electrostatic interactions]]). Its aim is the computation of the interaction of a system with [[periodic boundary conditions]] with all its replicas. This is accomplished by the introduction of fictitious "charge clouds" that shield the charges. The interaction is then divided into a shielded part, which may be evaluated by the usual means, and a part that cancels the introduction of the clouds, which is evaluated in [[Fourier_analysis | Fourier space]].
[[long range interactions]] (typically, [[Electrostatics |electrostatic interactions]]). Its aim is the computation of the interaction of a system with [[periodic boundary conditions]] with all its replicas. This is accomplished by the introduction of fictitious "charge clouds" that shield the charges. The interaction is then divided into a shielded part, which may be evaluated by the usual means, and a part that cancels the introduction of the clouds, which is evaluated in [[Fourier_analysis | Fourier space]].
==Derivation==
==Derivation==
In a periodic system one wishes to evaluate (Eq. 1.1 <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1980.0135 S. W. de Leeuw, J. W. Perram and E. R. Smith "Simulation of Electrostatic Systems in Periodic Boundary Conditions. I. Lattice Sums and Dielectric Constants", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences '''373''' pp. 27-56 (1980)]</ref>):
In a periodic system one wishes to evaluate the [[internal energy]] <math>U</math> (Eq. 1.1 <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1980.0135 S. W. de Leeuw, J. W. Perram and E. R. Smith "Simulation of Electrostatic Systems in Periodic Boundary Conditions. I. Lattice Sums and Dielectric Constants", Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences '''373''' pp. 27-56 (1980)]</ref>):


:<math>U = \frac{1}{2} {\sum_{\mathbf n}}^' \left[ \sum_{i=1}^N \sum_{j=1}^N \phi \left({\mathbf r}_{ij} + L{\mathbf n}, {\mathbf \Omega_i}, {\mathbf \Omega_j} \right)  \right] </math>  
:<math>U = \frac{1}{2} {\sum_{\mathbf n}}^' \left[ \sum_{i=1}^N \sum_{j=1}^N \phi \left({\mathbf r}_{ij} + L{\mathbf n}, {\mathbf \Omega_i}, {\mathbf \Omega_j} \right)  \right] </math>  
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Reaction field]]
*[[Reaction field]]
*[[Wolf method]]
==References==
==References==
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*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0010-4655(95)00058-N  Paul E. Smith and B. Montgomery Pettitt  "Efficient Ewald electrostatic calculations for large systems", Computer Physics Communications  '''91''' pp. 339-344 (1995)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0010-4655(95)00058-N  Paul E. Smith and B. Montgomery Pettitt  "Efficient Ewald electrostatic calculations for large systems", Computer Physics Communications  '''91''' pp. 339-344 (1995)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2206581    Christopher J. Fennell and J. Daniel Gezelter "Is the Ewald summation still necessary? Pairwise alternatives to the accepted standard for long-range electrostatics", Journal of Chemical Physics '''124''' 234104 (2006)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2206581    Christopher J. Fennell and J. Daniel Gezelter "Is the Ewald summation still necessary? Pairwise alternatives to the accepted standard for long-range electrostatics", Journal of Chemical Physics '''124''' 234104 (2006)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3599045 Joakim Stenhammar, Martin Trulsson, and Per Linse "Some comments and corrections regarding the calculation of electrostatic potential derivatives using the Ewald summation technique", Journal of Chemical Physics '''134''' 224104 (2011)]
==External resources==
==External resources==
*[ftp://ftp.dl.ac.uk/ccp5/ALLEN_TILDESLEY/F.22    Routines to perform the Ewald sum] sample FORTRAN computer code from the book [http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198556459 M. P. Allen and D. J. Tildesley "Computer Simulation of Liquids", Oxford University Press (1989)].
*[ftp://ftp.dl.ac.uk/ccp5/ALLEN_TILDESLEY/F.22    Routines to perform the Ewald sum] sample FORTRAN computer code from the book [http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780198556459 M. P. Allen and D. J. Tildesley "Computer Simulation of Liquids", Oxford University Press (1989)].
[[category: Computer simulation techniques]]
[[category: Computer simulation techniques]]
[[category: electrostatics]]
[[category: electrostatics]]

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The Ewald sum technique [1] was originally developed by Paul Ewald to evaluate the Madelung constant [2]. It is now widely used in order to simulate systems with long range interactions (typically, electrostatic interactions). Its aim is the computation of the interaction of a system with periodic boundary conditions with all its replicas. This is accomplished by the introduction of fictitious "charge clouds" that shield the charges. The interaction is then divided into a shielded part, which may be evaluated by the usual means, and a part that cancels the introduction of the clouds, which is evaluated in Fourier space.

Derivation

In a periodic system one wishes to evaluate the internal energy (Eq. 1.1 [3]):

where one sums over all the simple cubic lattice points . The prime on the first summation indicates that if then the term is omitted. is the length of the side of the cubic simulation box, is the number of particles, and represent the Euler angles.

Particle mesh

[4]

Smooth particle mesh (SPME)

[5] [6]

See also

References

Related reading

External resources