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 | VERSION 3.3.1 | 
g_tcaf computes tranverse current autocorrelations. These are used to estimate the shear viscosity eta. For details see: Palmer, JCP 49 (1994) pp 359-366.
Transverse currents are calculated using the k-vectors (1,0,0) and (2,0,0) each also in the y- and z-direction, (1,1,0) and (1,-1,0) each also in the 2 other plains (these vectors are not independent) and (1,1,1) and the 3 other box diagonals (also not independent). For each k-vector the sine and cosine are used, in combination with the velocity in 2 perpendicular directions. This gives a total of 16*2*2=64 transverse currents. One autocorrelation is calculated fitted for each k-vector, which gives 16 tcaf's. Each of these tcaf's is fitted to f(t) = exp(-v)(cosh(Wv) + 1/W sinh(Wv)), v = -t/(2 tau), W = sqrt(1 - 4 tau eta/rho k^2), which gives 16 tau's and eta's. The fit weights decay with time as exp(-t/wt), the tcaf and fit are calculated up to time 5*wt. The eta's should be fitted to 1 - a eta(k) k^2, from which one can estimate the shear viscosity at k=0.
When the box is cubic, one can use the option -oc, which averages the tcaf's over all k-vectors with the same length. This results in more accurate tcaf's. Both the cubic tcaf's and fits are written to -oc The cubic eta estimates are also written to -ov.
With option -mol the transverse current is determined of molecules instead of atoms. In this case the index group should consist of molecule numbers instead of atom numbers.
The k-dependent viscosities in the -ov file should be fitted to eta(k) = eta0 (1 - a k^2) to obtain the viscosity at infinite wavelength.
NOTE: make sure you write coordinates and velocities often enough. The initial, non-exponential, part of the autocorrelation function is very important for obtaining a good fit.
| option | filename | type | description | 
|---|---|---|---|
| -f | traj.trr | Input | Full precision trajectory: trr trj | 
| -s | topol.tpr | Input, Opt. | Structure+mass(db): tpr tpb tpa gro g96 pdb xml | 
| -n | index.ndx | Input, Opt. | Index file | 
| -ot | transcur.xvg | Output, Opt. | xvgr/xmgr file | 
| -oa | tcaf_all.xvg | Output | xvgr/xmgr file | 
| -o | tcaf.xvg | Output | xvgr/xmgr file | 
| -of | tcaf_fit.xvg | Output | xvgr/xmgr file | 
| -oc | tcaf_cub.xvg | Output, Opt. | xvgr/xmgr file | 
| -ov | visc_k.xvg | Output | xvgr/xmgr file | 
| option | type | default | description | 
|---|---|---|---|
| -[no]h | bool | no | Print help info and quit | 
| -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 | bool | no | View output xvg, xpm, eps and pdb files | 
| -[no]xvgr | bool | yes | Add specific codes (legends etc.) in the output xvg files for the xmgrace program | 
| -[no]mol | bool | no | Calculate tcaf of molecules | 
| -[no]k34 | bool | no | Also use k=(3,0,0) and k=(4,0,0) | 
| -wt | real | 5 | Exponential decay time for the TCAF fit weights | 
| -acflen | int | -1 | Length of the ACF, default is half the number of frames | 
| -[no]normalize | bool | yes | Normalize ACF | 
| -P | enum | 0 | Order of Legendre polynomial for ACF (0 indicates none): 0, 1, 2 or 3 | 
| -fitfn | enum | none | Fit function: none, exp, aexp, exp_exp, vac, exp5, exp7 or exp9 | 
| -ncskip | int | 0 | Skip N points in the output file of correlation functions | 
| -beginfit | real | 0 | Time where to begin the exponential fit of the correlation function | 
| -endfit | real | -1 | Time where to end the exponential fit of the correlation function, -1 is till the end |