<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#351c75">Dear experts,<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#351c75"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#351c75">I am doing CPMD calculations for water in the NVT ensemble where the ionic temperature is controlled using <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Nose-Hoover </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">thermostat. </span><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small;color:#351c75"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">After several femtoseconds, the system finds its equilibrium, and the temperature oscillates around the intended temperature. I see that using different pseudopotentials or vdw-correction, the temperature changes around the equilibrium are different.</span></div><div style="font-size:small;color:#351c75"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">I know </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">these fluctuations come from the limited size of the system and they will be reduced by</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> increasing the number of molecules in the system; however, my question is that is there any limitation on the acceptable value for (T_max-T_0)/T_0 or (T_0 -T_min)/T_0? T_0 is the considered temperature. </span></div><div style="font-size:small;color:#351c75"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">And is there any parameter or any way to reduce these fluctuations? </span></div><div style="font-size:small;color:#351c75"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;color:#351c75"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(53,28,117)"></span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">I am almost beginner in MD calculations and would be <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(53,28,117)">very </span>happy to <span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(53,28,117)">find</span><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(53,28,117)"></span> your idea.</span><span class="gmail_default"></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span><span class="gmail_default"></span></div><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font size="2" color="#351c75"><br></font></div><div><font size="2" color="#351c75">Yours sincerely,</font></div>
<div><font size="2" color="#351c75">Zahra Nourbakhsh</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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