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Stochastic dynamics simulations in a new generalized ensemble

Biological Physics 2016-09-08 v1 q-bio

Abstract

We develop a formulation for molecular dynamics, Langevin, and hybrid Monte Carlo algorithms in the recently proposed generalized ensemble that is based on a physically motivated realisation of Tsallis weights. The effectiveness of the methods are tested with an energy function for a protein system. Simulations in this generalized ensemble by the three methods are performed for a penta peptide, Met-enkephalin. For each algorithm, it is shown that from only one simulation run one can not only find the global-minimum-energy conformation but also obtain probability distributions in canonical ensemble at any temperature, which allows the calculation of any thermodynamic quantity as a function of temperature.

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@article{arxiv.physics/9810052,
  title  = {Stochastic dynamics simulations in a new generalized ensemble},
  author = {Ulrich H. E. Hansmann and Frank Eisenmenger and Yuko Okamoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9810052},
  year   = {2016}
}

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to appear in Chem. Phy. Lett