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gmx-vanhove(1)                  GROMACS Manual                  gmx-vanhove(1)

NAME

gmx-vanhove - Compute Van Hove displacement and correlation functions

SYNOPSIS

gmx vanhove [-f [<.xtc/.trr/...>]] [-s [<.tpr/.tpb/...>]] [-n [<.ndx>]] [-om [<.xpm>]] [-or [<.xvg>]] [-ot [<.xvg>]] [-nice <int>] [-b <time>] [-e <time>] [-dt <time>] [-[no]w] [-xvg <enum>] [-sqrt <real>] [-fm <int>] [-rmax <real>] [-rbin <real>] [-mmax <real>] [-nlevels <int>] [-nr <int>] [-fr <int>] [-rt <real>] [-ft <int>]

DESCRIPTION

gmx vanhove computes the Van Hove correlation function. The Van Hove G(r,t) is the probability that a particle that is at r_0 at time zero can be found at position r_0+r at time t. gmx vanhove determines G not for a vector r, but for the length of r. Thus it gives the probability that a particle moves a distance of r in time t. Jumps across the periodic boundaries are removed. Corrections are made for scaling due to isotropic or anisotropic pressure coupling. With option -om the whole matrix can be written as a function of t and r or as a function of sqrt(t) and r (option -sqrt). With option -or the Van Hove function is plotted for one or more values of t. Option -nr sets the number of times, option -fr the number spacing between the times. The binwidth is set with option -rbin. The number of bins is determined automatically. With option -ot the integral up to a certain distance (option -rt) is plotted as a function of time. For all frames that are read the coordinates of the selected particles are stored in memory. Therefore the program may use a lot of memory. For options -om and -ot the program may be slow. This is because the calculation scales as the number of frames times -fm or -ft. Note that with the -dt option the memory usage and calculation time can be reduced.

OPTIONS

Options to specify input and output files: -f [<.xtc/.trr/...>] (traj.xtc) (Input) Trajectory: xtc trr cpt trj gro g96 pdb tng -s [<.tpr/.tpb/...>] (topol.tpr) (Input) Structure+mass(db): tpr tpb tpa gro g96 pdb brk ent -n [<.ndx>] (index.ndx) (Input, Optional) Index file -om [<.xpm>] (vanhove.xpm) (Output, Optional) X PixMap compatible matrix file -or [<.xvg>] (vanhove_r.xvg) (Output, Optional) xvgr/xmgr file -ot [<.xvg>] (vanhove_t.xvg) (Output, Optional) xvgr/xmgr file Other options: -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 -xvg <enum> (xmgrace) xvg plot formatting: xmgrace, xmgr, none -sqrt <real> (0) Use sqrt(t) on the matrix axis which binspacing in sqrt(ps) -fm <int> (0) Number of frames in the matrix, 0 is plot all -rmax <real> (2) Maximum r in the matrix (nm) -rbin <real> (0.01) Binwidth in the matrix and for -or (nm) -mmax <real> (0) Maximum density in the matrix, 0 is calculate (1/nm) -nlevels <int> (81) Number of levels in the matrix -nr <int> (1) Number of curves for the -or output -fr <int> (0) Frame spacing for the -or output -rt <real> (0) Integration limit for the -ot output (nm) -ft <int> (0) Number of frames in the -ot output, 0 is plot all

SEE ALSO

gromacs(7) More information about GROMACS is available at <http://www.gromacs.org/>. VERSION 5.0.6 gmx-vanhove(1)

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