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31 \begin{document}
32
33 \title{Pairwise Alternatives to the Ewald Sum: Applications
34 and Extension to Point Multipoles}
35
36 \author{Christopher J. Fennell and J. Daniel Gezelter\footnote{Corresponding author. \ Electronic mail: gezelter@nd.edu} \\
37 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry\\
38 University of Notre Dame\\
39 Notre Dame, Indiana 46556}
40
41 \date{\today}
42
43 \maketitle
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45
46 \begin{abstract}
47 The damped, shifted-force electrostatic potential has been shown to
48 give nearly quantitative agreement with smooth particle mesh Ewald for
49 energy differences between configurations as well as for atomic force
50 and molecular torque vectors. In this paper, we extend this technique
51 to handle interactions between electrostatic multipoles. We also
52 investigate the effects of damped and shifted electrostatics on the
53 static, thermodynamic, and dynamic properties of liquid water and
54 various polymorphs of ice. We provide a way of choosing the optimal
55 damping strength for a given cutoff radius that reproduces the static
56 dielectric constant in a variety of water models.
57 \end{abstract}
58
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66
67 \section{Introduction}
68
69 Over the past several years, there has been increasing interest in
70 pairwise methods for correcting electrostatic interactions in computer
71 simulations of condensed molecular
72 systems.\cite{Wolf99,Zahn02,Kast03,Beck05,Ma05,Fennell06} These
73 techniques were developed from the observations and efforts of Wolf
74 {\it et al.} and their work towards an $\mathcal{O}(N)$ Coulombic
75 sum.\cite{Wolf99} Wolf's method of cutoff neutralization is able to
76 obtain excellent agreement with Madelung energies in ionic
77 crystals.\cite{Wolf99}
78
79 In a recent paper, we showed that simple modifications to Wolf's
80 method could give nearly quantitative agreement with smooth particle
81 mesh Ewald (SPME) for quantities of interest in Monte Carlo
82 (i.e. configurational energy differences) and Molecular Dynamics
83 (i.e. atomic force and molecular torque vectors).\cite{Fennell06} We
84 described the undamped and damped shifted potential (SP) and shifted
85 force (SF) techniques. The potential for the damped form of the SP
86 method is given by
87 \begin{equation}
88 V_{\textrm{DSP}}(r) = q_iq_j\left(\frac{\textrm{erfc}\left(\alpha r\right)}{r}
89 - \frac{\textrm{erfc}\left(\alpha R_\textrm{c}\right)}{R_\textrm{c}}\right)
90 \quad r\leqslant R_\textrm{c},
91 \label{eq:DSPPot}
92 \end{equation}
93 while the damped form of the SF method is given by
94 \begin{equation}
95 \begin{split}
96 V_\mathrm{DSF}(r) = q_iq_j\Biggr{[}&
97 \frac{\mathrm{erfc}\left(\alpha r\right)}{r}
98 - \frac{\mathrm{erfc}\left(\alpha R_\mathrm{c}\right)}{R_\mathrm{c}} \\
99 &+ \left(\frac{\mathrm{erfc}\left(\alpha R_\mathrm{c}\right)}{R_\mathrm{c}^2}
100 + \frac{2\alpha}{\pi^{1/2}}
101 \frac{\exp\left(-\alpha^2R_\mathrm{c}^2\right)}{R_\mathrm{c}}
102 \right)\left(r-R_\mathrm{c}\right)\ \Biggr{]}
103 \quad r\leqslant R_\textrm{c}.
104 \label{eq:DSFPot}
105 \end{split}
106 \end{equation}
107 (In these potentials and in all electrostatic quantities that follow,
108 the standard $4 \pi \epsilon_{0}$ has been omitted for clarity.)
109
110 The damped SF method is an improvement over the SP method because
111 there is no discontinuity in the forces as particles move out of the
112 cutoff radius ($R_\textrm{c}$). This is accomplished by shifting the
113 forces (and potential) to zero at $R_\textrm{c}$. This is analogous to
114 neutralizing the charge as well as the force effect of the charges
115 within $R_\textrm{c}$.
116
117 To complete the charge neutralization procedure, a self-neutralization
118 term is included in the potential. This term is constant (as long as
119 the charges and cutoff radius do not change), and exists outside the
120 normal pair-loop. It can be thought of as a contribution from a
121 charge opposite in sign, but equal in magnitude, to the central
122 charge, but which has been spread out over the surface of the cutoff
123 sphere. This term is calculated via a single loop over all charges in
124 the system. For the undamped case, the self term can be written as
125 \begin{equation}
126 V_\textrm{self} = \frac{1}{2 R_\textrm{c}} \sum_{i=1}^N q_i^{2},
127 \label{eq:selfTerm}
128 \end{equation}
129 while for the damped case it can be written as
130 \begin{equation}
131 V_\textrm{self} = \left(\frac{\alpha}{\sqrt{\pi}}
132 + \frac{\textrm{erfc}(\alpha
133 R_\textrm{c})}{2R_\textrm{c}}\right) \sum_{i=1}^N q_i^{2}.
134 \label{eq:dampSelfTerm}
135 \end{equation}
136 The first term within the parentheses of equation
137 (\ref{eq:dampSelfTerm}) is identical to the self term in the Ewald
138 summation, and comes from the utilization of the complimentary error
139 function for electrostatic damping.\cite{deLeeuw80,Wolf99}
140
141 The SF, SP, and Wolf methods operate by neutralizing the total charge
142 contained within the cutoff sphere surrounding each particle. This is
143 accomplished by creating image charges on the surface of the cutoff
144 sphere for each pair interaction computed within the sphere. The
145 damping function applied to the potential is also an important method
146 for accelerating convergence. In the case of systems involving
147 electrostatic distributions of higher order than point charges, the
148 question remains: How will the shifting and damping need to be
149 modified in order to accommodate point multipoles?
150
151 \section{Electrostatic Damping for Point
152 Multipoles}\label{sec:dampingMultipoles}
153
154 To apply the SF method for systems involving point multipoles, we
155 consider separately the two techniques (shifting and damping) which
156 contribute to the effectiveness of the DSF potential.
157
158 As noted above, shifting the potential and forces is employed to
159 neutralize the total charge contained within each cutoff sphere;
160 however, in a system composed purely of point multipoles, each cutoff
161 sphere is already neutral, so shifting becomes unnecessary.
162
163 In a mixed system of charges and multipoles, the undamped SF potential
164 needs only to shift the force terms between charges and smoothly
165 truncate the multipolar interactions with a switching function. The
166 switching function is required for energy conservation, because a
167 discontinuity will exist in both the potential and forces at
168 $R_\textrm{c}$ in the absence of shifting terms.
169
170 To damp the SF potential for point multipoles, we need to incorporate
171 the complimentary error function term into the standard forms of the
172 multipolar potentials. We can determine the necessary damping
173 functions by replacing $1/r$ with $\mathrm{erfc}(\alpha r)/r$ in the
174 multipole expansion. This procedure quickly becomes quite complex
175 with ``two-center'' systems, like the dipole-dipole potential, and is
176 typically approached using spherical harmonics.\cite{Hirschfelder67} A
177 simpler method for determining damped multipolar interaction
178 potentials arises when we adopt the tensor formalism described by
179 Stone.\cite{Stone02}
180
181 The tensor formalism for electrostatic interactions involves obtaining
182 the multipole interactions from successive gradients of the monopole
183 potential. Thus, tensors of rank zero through two are
184 \begin{equation}
185 T = \frac{1}{r_{ij}},
186 \label{eq:tensorRank1}
187 \end{equation}
188 \begin{equation}
189 T_\alpha = \nabla_\alpha \frac{1}{r_{ij}},
190 \label{eq:tensorRank2}
191 \end{equation}
192 \begin{equation}
193 T_{\alpha\beta} = \nabla_\alpha\nabla_\beta \frac{1}{r_{ij}},
194 \label{eq:tensorRank3}
195 \end{equation}
196 where the form of the first tensor is the charge-charge potential, the
197 second gives the charge-dipole potential, and the third gives the
198 charge-quadrupole and dipole-dipole potentials.\cite{Stone02} Since
199 the force is $-\nabla V$, the forces for each potential come from the
200 next higher tensor.
201
202 As one would do with the multipolar expansion, we can replace $r^{-1}$
203 with $\mathrm{erfc}(\alpha r)/r$ to obtain damped forms of the
204 electrostatic potentials. Equation \ref{eq:tensorRank2} generates a
205 damped charge-dipole potential,
206 \begin{equation}
207 V_\textrm{Dcd} = -q_i\frac{\mathbf{r}_{ij}\cdot\boldsymbol{\mu}_j}{r^3_{ij}}
208 c_1(r_{ij}),
209 \label{eq:dChargeDipole}
210 \end{equation}
211 where $c_1(r_{ij})$ is
212 \begin{equation}
213 c_1(r_{ij}) = \frac{2\alpha r_{ij}e^{-\alpha^2r^2_{ij}}}{\sqrt{\pi}}
214 + \textrm{erfc}(\alpha r_{ij}).
215 \label{eq:c1Func}
216 \end{equation}
217
218 Equation \ref{eq:tensorRank3} generates a damped dipole-dipole potential,
219 \begin{equation}
220 V_\textrm{Ddd} = 3\frac{(\boldsymbol{\mu}_i\cdot\mathbf{r}_{ij})
221 (\boldsymbol{\mu}_j\cdot\mathbf{r}_{ij})}{r^5_{ij}}
222 c_2(r_{ij}) -
223 \frac{\boldsymbol{\mu}_i\cdot\boldsymbol{\mu}_j}{r^3_{ij}}
224 c_1(r_{ij}),
225 \label{eq:dampDipoleDipole}
226 \end{equation}
227 where
228 \begin{equation}
229 c_2(r_{ij}) = \frac{4\alpha^3r^3_{ij}e^{-\alpha^2r^2_{ij}}}{3\sqrt{\pi}}
230 + \frac{2\alpha r_{ij}e^{-\alpha^2r^2_{ij}}}{\sqrt{\pi}}
231 + \textrm{erfc}(\alpha r_{ij}).
232 \end{equation}
233 Note that $c_2(r_{ij})$ is equal to $c_1(r_{ij})$ plus an additional
234 term. Continuing with higher rank tensors, we can obtain the damping
235 functions for higher multipole potentials and forces. Each subsequent
236 damping function includes one additional term, and we can simplify the
237 procedure for obtaining these terms by writing out the following
238 generating function,
239 \begin{equation}
240 c_n(r_{ij}) = \frac{2^n(\alpha r_{ij})^{2n-1}e^{-\alpha^2r^2_{ij}}}
241 {(2n-1)!!\sqrt{\pi}} + c_{n-1}(r_{ij}),
242 \label{eq:dampingGeneratingFunc}
243 \end{equation}
244 where,
245 \begin{equation}
246 m!! \equiv \left\{ \begin{array}{l@{\quad\quad}l}
247 m\cdot(m-2)\ldots 5\cdot3\cdot1 & m > 0\textrm{ odd} \\
248 m\cdot(m-2)\ldots 6\cdot4\cdot2 & m > 0\textrm{ even} \\
249 1 & m = -1\textrm{ or }0,
250 \end{array}\right.
251 \label{eq:doubleFactorial}
252 \end{equation}
253 and $c_0(r_{ij})$ is erfc$(\alpha r_{ij})$. This generating function
254 is similar in form to those obtained by Smith and Aguado and Madden
255 for the application of the Ewald sum to
256 multipoles.\cite{Smith82,Smith98,Aguado03}
257
258 Returning to the dipole-dipole example, the potential consists of a
259 portion dependent upon $r^{-5}$ and another dependent upon
260 $r^{-3}$.
261 $c_2(r_{ij})$ and $c_1(r_{ij})$ dampen these two parts
262 respectively. The forces for the damped dipole-dipole interaction, are
263 obtained from the next higher tensor, $T_{\alpha \beta \gamma}$,
264 \begin{equation}
265 \begin{split}
266 F_\textrm{Ddd} = &15\frac{(\boldsymbol{\mu}_i\cdot\mathbf{r}_{ij})
267 (\boldsymbol{\mu}_j\cdot\mathbf{r}_{ij})\mathbf{r}_{ij}}{r^7_{ij}}
268 c_3(r_{ij})\\ &-
269 3\frac{\boldsymbol{\mu}_i\cdot\mathbf{r}_{ij}\cdot\hat{\boldsymbol{\mu}}_j +
270 \boldsymbol{\mu}_j\cdot\mathbf{r}_{ij}\cdot\hat{\boldsymbol{\mu}}_i +
271 \boldsymbol{\mu}_i\cdot\boldsymbol{\mu}_j\cdot\mathbf{r}_{ij}}
272 {r^5_{ij}} c_2(r_{ij}),
273 \end{split}
274 \label{eq:dampDipoleDipoleForces}
275 \end{equation}
276 Using the tensor formalism, we can dampen higher order multipolar
277 interactions using the same effective damping function that we use for
278 charge-charge interactions. This allows us to include multipoles in
279 simulations involving damped electrostatic interactions. In general,
280 if the multipolar potentials are left in $\mathbf{r}_{ij}/r_{ij}$
281 form, instead of reducing them to the more common angular forms which
282 use $\hat{r}_{ij}$ (or the resultant angles), one may simply replace
283 any $1/r_{ij}^{2n+1}$ dependence with $c_n(r_{ij}) / r_{ij}^{2n+1}$ to
284 obtain the damped version of that multipolar potential.
285
286 As a practical consideration, we note that the evaluation of the
287 complementary error function inside a pair loop can become quite
288 costly. In practice, we pre-compute the $c_n(r)$ functions over a
289 grid of $r$ values and use cubic spline interpolation to obtain
290 estimates of these functions when necessary. Using this procedure,
291 the computational cost of damped electrostatics is only marginally
292 more costly than the undamped case.
293
294 \section{Applications of Damped Shifted-Force Electrostatics}
295
296 Our earlier work on the SF method showed that it can give nearly
297 quantitive agreement with SPME-derived configurational energy
298 differences. The force and torque vectors in identical configurations
299 are also nearly equivalent under the damped SF potential and
300 SPME.\cite{Fennell06} Although these measures bode well for the
301 performance of the SF method in both Monte Carlo and Molecular
302 Dynamics simulations, it would be helpful to have direct comparisons
303 of structural, thermodynamic, and dynamic quantities. To address
304 this, we performed a detailed analysis of a group of simulations
305 involving water models (both point charge and multipolar) under a
306 number of different simulation conditions.
307
308 To provide the most difficult test for the damped SF method, we have
309 chosen a model that has been optimized for use with Ewald sum, and
310 have compared the simulated properties to those computed via Ewald.
311 It is well known that water models parametrized for use with the Ewald
312 sum give calculated properties that are in better agreement with
313 experiment.\cite{vanderSpoel98,Horn04,Rick04} For these reasons, we
314 chose the TIP5P-E water model for our comparisons involving point
315 charges.\cite{Rick04}
316
317 The soft sticky dipole (SSD) family of water models is the perfect
318 test case for the point-multipolar extension of damped electrostatics.
319 SSD water models are single point molecules that consist of a ``soft''
320 Lennard-Jones sphere, a point-dipole, and a tetrahedral function for
321 capturing the hydrogen bonding nature of water - a spherical harmonic
322 term for water-water tetrahedral interactions and a point-quadrupole
323 for interactions with surrounding charges. Detailed descriptions of
324 these models can be found in other
325 studies.\cite{Liu96b,Chandra99,Tan03,Fennell04}
326
327 In deciding which version of the SSD model to use, we need only
328 consider that the SF technique was presented as a pairwise replacement
329 for the Ewald summation. It has been suggested that models
330 parametrized for the Ewald summation (like TIP5P-E) would be
331 appropriate for use with a reaction field and vice versa.\cite{Rick04}
332 Therefore, we decided to test the SSD/RF water model, which was
333 parametrized for use with a reaction field, with the damped
334 electrostatic technique to see how the calculated properties change.
335
336 The TIP5P-E water model is a variant of Mahoney and Jorgensen's
337 five-point transferable intermolecular potential (TIP5P) model for
338 water.\cite{Mahoney00} TIP5P was developed to reproduce the density
339 maximum in liquid water near 4$^\circ$C. As with many previous point
340 charge water models (such as ST2, TIP3P, TIP4P, SPC, and SPC/E), TIP5P
341 was parametrized using a simple cutoff with no long-range
342 electrostatic
343 correction.\cite{Stillinger74,Jorgensen83,Berendsen81,Berendsen87}
344 Without this correction, the pressure term on the central particle
345 from the surroundings is missing. When this correction is included,
346 systems of these particles expand to compensate for this added
347 pressure term and under-predict the density of water under standard
348 conditions. In developing TIP5P-E, Rick preserved the geometry and
349 point charge magnitudes in TIP5P and focused on altering the
350 Lennard-Jones parameters to correct the density at 298~K. With the
351 density corrected, he compared common water properties for TIP5P-E
352 using the Ewald sum with TIP5P using a 9~\AA\ cutoff.
353
354 In the following sections, we compare these same properties calculated
355 from TIP5P-E using the Ewald sum with TIP5P-E using the damped SF
356 technique. Our comparisons include the SF technique with a 12~\AA\
357 cutoff and an $\alpha$ = 0.0, 0.1, and 0.2~\AA$^{-1}$, as well as a
358 9~\AA\ cutoff with an $\alpha$ = 0.2~\AA$^{-1}$.
359
360 \subsection{The Density Maximum of TIP5P-E}\label{sec:t5peDensity}
361
362 To compare densities, $NPT$ simulations were performed with the same
363 temperatures as those selected by Rick in his Ewald summation
364 simulations.\cite{Rick04} In order to improve statistics around the
365 density maximum, 3~ns trajectories were accumulated at 0, 12.5, and
366 25$^\circ$C, while 2~ns trajectories were obtained at all other
367 temperatures. The average densities were calculated from the later
368 three-fourths of each trajectory. Similar to Mahoney and Jorgensen's
369 method for accumulating statistics, these sequences were spliced into
370 200 segments, each providing an average density. These 200 density
371 values were used to calculate the average and standard deviation of
372 the density at each temperature.\cite{Mahoney00}
373
374 \begin{figure}
375 \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{./figures/tip5peDensities.pdf}
376 \caption{Density versus temperature for the TIP5P-E water model when
377 using the Ewald summation (Ref. \citen{Rick04}) and the SF method with
378 varying cutoff radii and damping coefficients. The pressure term from
379 the image-charge shell is larger than that provided by the
380 reciprocal-space portion of the Ewald summation, leading to slightly
381 lower densities. This effect is more visible with the 9~\AA\ cutoff,
382 where the image charges exert a greater force on the central
383 particle. The error bars for the SF methods show the average one-sigma
384 uncertainty of the density measurement, and this uncertainty is the
385 same for all the SF curves.}
386 \label{fig:t5peDensities}
387 \end{figure}
388 Figure \ref{fig:t5peDensities} shows the densities calculated for
389 TIP5P-E using differing electrostatic corrections overlaid with the
390 experimental values.\cite{CRC80} The densities when using the SF
391 technique are close to, but typically lower than, those calculated
392 using the Ewald summation. These slightly reduced densities indicate
393 that the pressure component from the image charges at R$_\textrm{c}$
394 is larger than that exerted by the reciprocal-space portion of the
395 Ewald summation. Bringing the image charges closer to the central
396 particle by choosing a 9~\AA\ R$_\textrm{c}$ (rather than the
397 preferred 12~\AA\ R$_\textrm{c}$) increases the strength of the image
398 charge interactions on the central particle and results in a further
399 reduction of the densities.
400
401 Because the strength of the image charge interactions has a noticeable
402 effect on the density, we would expect the use of electrostatic
403 damping to also play a role in these calculations. Larger values of
404 $\alpha$ weaken the pair-interactions; and since electrostatic damping
405 is distance-dependent, force components from the image charges will be
406 reduced more than those from particles close the the central
407 charge. This effect is visible in figure \ref{fig:t5peDensities} with
408 the damped SF sums showing slightly higher densities; however, it is
409 clear that the choice of cutoff radius plays a much more important
410 role in the resulting densities.
411
412 All of the above density calculations were performed with systems of
413 512 water molecules. Rick observed a system size dependence of the
414 computed densities when using the Ewald summation, most likely due to
415 his tying of the convergence parameter to the box
416 dimensions.\cite{Rick04} For systems of 256 water molecules, the
417 calculated densities were on average 0.002 to 0.003~g/cm$^3$ lower. A
418 system size of 256 molecules would force the use of a shorter
419 R$_\textrm{c}$ when using the SF technique, and this would also lower
420 the densities. Moving to larger systems, as long as the R$_\textrm{c}$
421 remains at a fixed value, we would expect the densities to remain
422 constant.
423
424 \subsection{Liquid Structure of TIP5P-E}\label{sec:t5peLiqStructure}
425
426 The experimentally-determined oxygen-oxygen pair correlation function
427 ($g_\textrm{OO}(r)$) for liquid water has been compared in great
428 detail with predictions of the various common water models, and TIP5P
429 was found to be in better agreement than other rigid, non-polarizable
430 models.\cite{Sorenson00} This excellent agreement with experiment was
431 maintained when Rick developed TIP5P-E.\cite{Rick04} To check whether
432 the choice of using the Ewald summation or the SF technique alters the
433 liquid structure, we calculated this correlation function at 298~K and
434 1~atm for the parameters used in the previous section.
435
436 \begin{figure}
437 \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{./figures/tip5peGofR.pdf}
438 \caption{The oxygen-oxygen pair correlation functions calculated for
439 TIP5P-E at 298~K and 1atm while using the Ewald summation
440 (Ref. \cite{Rick04}) and the SF technique with varying
441 parameters. Even with the lower densities obtained using the SF
442 technique, the correlation functions are essentially identical.}
443 \label{fig:t5peGofRs}
444 \end{figure}
445 The pair correlation functions calculated for TIP5P-E while using the
446 SF technique with various parameters are overlaid on the same function
447 obtained while using the Ewald summation in
448 figure~\ref{fig:t5peGofRs}. The differences in density do not appear
449 to have any effect on the liquid structure as the correlation
450 functions are indistinguishable. These results do indicate that
451 $g_\textrm{OO}(r)$ is insensitive to the choice of electrostatic
452 correction.
453
454 \subsection{Thermodynamic Properties of TIP5P-E}\label{sec:t5peThermo}
455
456 In addition to the density and structual features of the liquid, there
457 are a variety of thermodynamic quantities that can be calculated for
458 water and compared directly to experimental values. Some of these
459 additional quantities include the latent heat of vaporization ($\Delta
460 H_\textrm{vap}$), the constant pressure heat capacity ($C_p$), the
461 isothermal compressibility ($\kappa_T$), the thermal expansivity
462 ($\alpha_p$), and the static dielectric constant ($\epsilon$). All of
463 these properties were calculated for TIP5P-E with the Ewald summation,
464 so they provide a good set of reference data for comparisons involving
465 the SF technique.
466
467 The $\Delta H_\textrm{vap}$ is the enthalpy change required to
468 transform one mole of substance from the liquid phase to the gas
469 phase.\cite{Berry00} In molecular simulations, this quantity can be
470 determined via
471 \begin{equation}
472 \begin{split}
473 \Delta H_\textrm{vap} &= H_\textrm{gas} - H_\textrm{liq} \\
474 &= E_\textrm{gas} - E_\textrm{liq}
475 + P(V_\textrm{gas} - V_\textrm{liq}) \\
476 &\approx -\frac{\langle U_\textrm{liq}\rangle}{N}+ RT,
477 \end{split}
478 \label{eq:DeltaHVap}
479 \end{equation}
480 where $E$ is the total energy, $U$ is the potential energy, $P$ is the
481 pressure, $V$ is the volume, $N$ is the number of molecules, $R$ is
482 the gas constant, and $T$ is the temperature.\cite{Jorgensen98b} As
483 seen in the last line of equation (\ref{eq:DeltaHVap}), we can
484 approximate $\Delta H_\textrm{vap}$ by using the ideal gas for the gas
485 state. This allows us to cancel the kinetic energy terms, leaving only
486 the $U_\textrm{liq}$ term. Additionally, the $PV$ term for the gas is
487 several orders of magnitude larger than that of the liquid, so we can
488 neglect the liquid $PV$ term.
489
490 The remaining thermodynamic properties can all be calculated from
491 fluctuations of the enthalpy, volume, and system dipole
492 moment.\cite{Allen87} $C_p$ can be calculated from fluctuations in the
493 enthalpy in constant pressure simulations via
494 \begin{equation}
495 \begin{split}
496 C_p = \left(\frac{\partial H}{\partial T}\right)_{N,P}
497 = \frac{(\langle H^2\rangle - \langle H\rangle^2)}{Nk_BT^2},
498 \end{split}
499 \label{eq:Cp}
500 \end{equation}
501 where $k_B$ is Boltzmann's constant. $\kappa_T$ can be calculated via
502 \begin{equation}
503 \begin{split}
504 \kappa_T = \frac{1}{V}\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial p}\right)_{N,T}
505 = \frac{(\langle V^2\rangle_{NPT} - \langle V\rangle^{2}_{NPT})}
506 {k_BT\langle V\rangle_{NPT}},
507 \end{split}
508 \label{eq:kappa}
509 \end{equation}
510 and $\alpha_p$ can be calculated via
511 \begin{equation}
512 \begin{split}
513 \alpha_p = \frac{1}{V}\left(\frac{\partial V}{\partial T}\right)_{N,P}
514 = \frac{(\langle VH\rangle_{NPT}
515 - \langle V\rangle_{NPT}\langle H\rangle_{NPT})}
516 {k_BT^2\langle V\rangle_{NPT}}.
517 \end{split}
518 \label{eq:alpha}
519 \end{equation}
520 Using the Ewald sum under tin-foil boundary conditions, $\epsilon$ can
521 be calculated for systems of non-polarizable substances via
522 \begin{equation}
523 \epsilon = 1 + \frac{\langle M^2\rangle}{3\epsilon_0k_\textrm{B}TV},
524 \label{eq:staticDielectric}
525 \end{equation}
526 where $\epsilon_0$ is the permittivity of free space and $\langle
527 M^2\rangle$ is the fluctuation of the system dipole
528 moment.\cite{Allen87} The numerator in the fractional term in equation
529 (\ref{eq:staticDielectric}) is the fluctuation of the simulation-box
530 dipole moment, identical to the quantity calculated in the
531 finite-system Kirkwood $g$ factor ($G_k$):
532 \begin{equation}
533 G_k = \frac{\langle M^2\rangle}{N\mu^2},
534 \label{eq:KirkwoodFactor}
535 \end{equation}
536 where $\mu$ is the dipole moment of a single molecule of the
537 homogeneous system.\cite{Neumann83,Neumann84,Neumann85} The
538 fluctuation term in both equation (\ref{eq:staticDielectric}) and
539 \ref{eq:KirkwoodFactor} is calculated as follows,
540 \begin{equation}
541 \begin{split}
542 \langle M^2\rangle &= \langle\bm{M}\cdot\bm{M}\rangle
543 - \langle\bm{M}\rangle\cdot\langle\bm{M}\rangle \\
544 &= \langle M_x^2+M_y^2+M_z^2\rangle
545 - (\langle M_x\rangle^2 + \langle M_x\rangle^2
546 + \langle M_x\rangle^2).
547 \end{split}
548 \label{eq:fluctBoxDipole}
549 \end{equation}
550 This fluctuation term can be accumulated during the simulation;
551 however, it converges rather slowly, thus requiring multi-nanosecond
552 simulation times.\cite{Horn04} In the case of tin-foil boundary
553 conditions, the dielectric/surface term of the Ewald summation is
554 equal to zero. Since the SF method also lacks this
555 dielectric/surface term, equation (\ref{eq:staticDielectric}) is still
556 valid for determining static dielectric constants.
557
558 All of the above properties were calculated from the same trajectories
559 used to determine the densities in section \ref{sec:t5peDensity}
560 except for the static dielectric constants. The $\epsilon$ values were
561 accumulated from 2~ns $NVE$ ensemble trajectories with system densities
562 fixed at the average values from the $NPT$ simulations at each of the
563 temperatures. The resulting values are displayed in figure
564 \ref{fig:t5peThermo}.
565 \begin{figure}
566 \centering
567 \includegraphics[width=5.8in]{./figures/t5peThermo.pdf}
568 \caption{Thermodynamic properties for TIP5P-E using the Ewald summation
569 and the SF techniques along with the experimental values. Units
570 for the properties are kcal mol$^{-1}$ for $\Delta H_\textrm{vap}$,
571 cal mol$^{-1}$ K$^{-1}$ for $C_p$, 10$^6$ atm$^{-1}$ for $\kappa_T$,
572 and 10$^5$ K$^{-1}$ for $\alpha_p$. Ewald summation results are from
573 reference \cite{Rick04}. Experimental values for $\Delta
574 H_\textrm{vap}$, $\kappa_T$, and $\alpha_p$ are from reference
575 \cite{Kell75}. Experimental values for $C_p$ are from reference
576 \cite{Wagner02}. Experimental values for $\epsilon$ are from reference
577 \cite{Malmberg56}.}
578 \label{fig:t5peThermo}
579 \end{figure}
580
581 For all of the properties computed, the trends with temperature
582 obtained when using the Ewald summation are reproduced with the SF
583 technique. One noticeable difference between the properties calculated
584 using the two methods are the lower $\Delta H_\textrm{vap}$ values
585 when using SF. This is to be expected due to the direct weakening of
586 the electrostatic interaction through forced neutralization. This
587 results in an increase of the intermolecular potential producing lower
588 values from equation (\ref{eq:DeltaHVap}). The slopes of these values
589 with temperature are similar to that seen using the Ewald summation;
590 however, they are both steeper than the experimental trend, indirectly
591 resulting in the inflated $C_p$ values at all temperatures.
592
593 Above the supercooled regime, $C_p$, $\kappa_T$, and $\alpha_p$ values
594 all overlap within error. As indicated for the $\Delta H_\textrm{vap}$
595 and $C_p$ results, the deviations between experiment and simulation in
596 this region are not the fault of the electrostatic summation methods
597 but are due to the geometry and parameters of the TIP5P class of water
598 models. Like most rigid, non-polarizable, point-charge water models,
599 the density decreases with temperature at a much faster rate than
600 experiment (see figure \ref{fig:t5peDensities}). This reduced density
601 leads to the inflated compressibility and expansivity values at higher
602 temperatures seen here in figure \ref{fig:t5peThermo}. Incorporation
603 of polarizability and many-body effects are required in order for
604 water models to overcome differences between simulation-based and
605 experimentally determined densities at these higher
606 temperatures.\cite{Laasonen93,Donchev06}
607
608 At temperatures below the freezing point for experimental water, the
609 differences between SF and the Ewald summation results are more
610 apparent. The larger $C_p$ and lower $\alpha_p$ values in this region
611 indicate a more pronounced transition in the supercooled regime,
612 particularly in the case of SF without damping. This points to the
613 onset of a more frustrated or glassy behavior for the undamped and
614 weakly-damped SF simulations of TIP5P-E at temperatures below 250~K
615 than is seen from the Ewald sum. Undamped SF electrostatics has a
616 stronger contribution from nearby charges. Damping these local
617 interactions or using a reciprocal-space method makes the water less
618 sensitive to ordering on a shorter length scale. We can recover
619 nearly quantitative agreement with the Ewald results by increasing the
620 damping constant.
621
622 The final thermodynamic property displayed in figure
623 \ref{fig:t5peThermo}, $\epsilon$, shows the greatest discrepancy
624 between the Ewald and SF methods (and with experiment). It is known
625 that the dielectric constant is dependent upon and is quite sensitive
626 to the imposed boundary conditions.\cite{Neumann80,Neumann83} This is
627 readily apparent in the converged $\epsilon$ values accumulated for
628 the SF simulations. Lack of a damping function results in dielectric
629 constants significantly smaller than those obtained using the Ewald
630 sum. Increasing the damping coefficient to 0.2~\AA$^{-1}$ improves the
631 agreement considerably. It should be noted that the choice of the
632 ``Ewald coefficient'' ($\kappa$) and real-space cutoff values also
633 have a significant effect on the calculated static dielectric constant
634 when using the Ewald summation. In the simulations of TIP5P-E with the
635 Ewald sum, this screening parameter was tethered to the simulation box
636 size (as was the $R_\textrm{c}$).\cite{Rick04} In general, systems
637 with larger screening parameters reported larger dielectric constant
638 values, the same behavior we see here with {\sc sf}; however, the
639 choice of cutoff radius also plays an important role.
640
641 \subsection{Optimal Damping Coefficients for Damped
642 Electrostatics}\label{sec:t5peDielectric}
643
644 In the previous section, we observed that the choice of damping
645 coefficient plays a major role in the calculated dielectric constant
646 for the SF method. Similar damping parameter behavior was observed in
647 the long-time correlated motions of the NaCl crystal.\cite{Fennell06}
648 The static dielectric constant is calculated from the long-time
649 fluctuations of the system's accumulated dipole moment
650 (Eq. (\ref{eq:staticDielectric})), so it is quite sensitive to the
651 choice of damping parameter. Since $\alpha$ is an adjustable
652 parameter, it would be best to choose optimal damping constants such
653 that any arbitrary choice of cutoff radius will properly capture the
654 dielectric behavior of the liquid.
655
656 In order to find these optimal values, we mapped out the static
657 dielectric constant as a function of both the damping parameter and
658 cutoff radius for TIP5P-E and for a point-dipolar water model
659 (SSD/RF). To calculate the static dielectric constant, we performed
660 5~ns $NPT$ calculations on systems of 512 water molecules and averaged
661 over the converged region (typically the later 2.5~ns) of equation
662 (\ref{eq:staticDielectric}). The selected cutoff radii ranged from 9,
663 10, 11, and 12~\AA , and the damping parameter values ranged from 0.1
664 to 0.35~\AA$^{-1}$.
665
666 \begin{table}
667 \centering
668 \caption{Static dielectric constants for the TIP5P-E and SSD/RF water models at 298~K and 1~atm as a function of damping coefficient $\alpha$ and
669 cutoff radius $R_\textrm{c}$. The color scale ranges from blue (10) to red (100).}
670 \vspace{6pt}
671 \begin{tabular}{ lccccccccc }
672 \toprule
673 \toprule
674 & \multicolumn{4}{c}{TIP5P-E} & & \multicolumn{4}{c}{SSD/RF} \\
675 & \multicolumn{4}{c}{$R_\textrm{c}$ (\AA )} & & \multicolumn{4}{c}{$R_\textrm{c}$ (\AA )} \\
676 \cmidrule(lr){2-5} \cmidrule(lr){7-10}
677 $\alpha$ (\AA$^{-1}$) & 9 & 10 & 11 & 12 & & 9 & 10 & 11 & 12 \\
678 \midrule
679 0.35 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.788888888888889, 0.5} 87.0 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.695555555555555, 0.5} 91.2 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.717777777777778, 0.5} 90.2 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.686666666666667, 0.5} 91.6 & & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} 116 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} 119.2 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} 131.4 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} 130 \\
680 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.892222222222222, 0.5} & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.704444444444444, 0.5} & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.72, 0.5} & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.6666666666667, 0.5} & & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} \\
681 0.3 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.995555555555556, 0.5} 77.7 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.713333333333333, 0.5} 90.4 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.713333333333333, 0.5} 90.4 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.646666666666667, 0.5} 93.4 & & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} 100 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} 118.8 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} 116 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} 122 \\
682 0.275 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.653333333333333, 1, 0.5} 61.9 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.933333333333333, 0.5} 80.5 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.811111111111111, 0.5} 86.0 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.766666666666667, 0.5} 88 & & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 1, 0.5} 77.5 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} 105 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} 118 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} 125.2 \\
683 0.25 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.537777777777778, 1, 0.5} 56.7 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.795555555555555, 1, 0.5} 68.3 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.966666666666667, 0.5} 79 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.704444444444445, 0.5} 90.8 & & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 1, 0.582222222222222} 51.3 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.993333333333333, 0.5} 77.8 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.522222222222222, 0.5} 99 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} 113 \\
684 0.225 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 1, 0.768888888888889} 42.9 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.566666666666667, 1, 0.5} 58.0 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.693333333333333, 1, 0.5} 63.7 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.937777777777778, 0.5} 80.3 & & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.984444444444444, 1} 31.8 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 1, 0.586666666666667} 51.1 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.995555555555556, 0.5} 77.7 & \cellcolor[rgb]{1, 0.5, 0.5} 108.1 \\
685 0.2 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.973333333333333, 1} 31.3 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 1, 0.842222222222222} 39.6 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.54, 1, 0.5} 56.8 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.735555555555555, 1, 0.5} 65.6 & & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.698666666666667, 1} 18.94 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.946666666666667, 1} 30.1 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 1, 0.704444444444445} 45.8 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.893333333333333, 1, 0.5} 72.7 \\
686 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.848888888888889, 1} & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.973333333333333, 1} & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 1, 0.793333333333333} & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 1, 0.624444444444445} & & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.599333333333333, 1} & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.732666666666667, 1} & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.942111111111111, 1} & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 1, 0.695555555555556} \\
687 0.15 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.724444444444444, 1} 20.1 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.788888888888889, 1} 23.0 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.873333333333333, 1} 26.8 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 1, 0.984444444444444} 33.2 & & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.5, 1} 8.29 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.518666666666667, 1} 10.84 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.588666666666667, 1} 13.99 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.715555555555556, 1} 19.7 \\
688 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.696111111111111, 1} & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.736333333333333, 1} & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.775222222222222, 1} & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.860666666666667, 1} & & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.5, 1} & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.509333333333333, 1} & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.544333333333333, 1} & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.607777777777778, 1} \\
689 0.1 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.667777777777778, 1} 17.55 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.683777777777778, 1} 18.27 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.677111111111111, 1} 17.97 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.705777777777778, 1} 19.26 & & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.5, 1} 4.96 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.5, 1} 5.46 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5, 0.5, 1} 6.04 & \cellcolor[rgb]{0.5,0.5, 1} 6.82 \\
690 \bottomrule
691 \end{tabular}
692 \label{tab:DielectricMap}
693 \end{table}
694
695 The results of these calculations are displayed in table
696 \ref{tab:DielectricMap}. The dielectric constants for both models
697 decrease linearly with increasing cutoff radii ($R_\textrm{c}$) and
698 increase linearly with increasing damping ($\alpha$). Another point
699 to note is that choosing $\alpha$ and $R_\textrm{c}$ identical to
700 those used with the Ewald summation results in the same calculated
701 dielectric constant. As an example, in the paper outlining the
702 development of TIP5P-E, the real-space cutoff and Ewald coefficient
703 were tethered to the system size, and for a 512 molecule system are
704 approximately 12~\AA\ and 0.25~\AA$^{-1}$ respectively.\cite{Rick04}
705 These parameters resulted in a dielectric constant of 92$\pm$14, while
706 with SF these parameters give a dielectric constant of
707 90.8$\pm$0.9. Another example comes from the TIP4P-Ew paper where
708 $\alpha$ and $R_\textrm{c}$ were chosen to be 9.5~\AA\ and
709 0.35~\AA$^{-1}$, and these parameters resulted in a dielectric
710 constant equal to 63$\pm$1.\cite{Horn04} Calculations using SF with
711 these parameters and this water model give a dielectric constant of
712 61$\pm$1. Since the dielectric constant is dependent on $\alpha$ and
713 $R_\textrm{c}$ with the SF technique, it might be interesting to
714 investigate the dependence of the static dielectric constant on the
715 choice of convergence parameters ($R_\textrm{c}$ and $\kappa$)
716 utilized in most implementations of the Ewald sum.
717
718 It is also apparent from this table that electrostatic damping has a
719 more pronounced effect on the dipolar interactions of SSD/RF than the
720 monopolar interactions of TIP5P-E. The dielectric constant covers a
721 much wider range and has a steeper slope with increasing damping
722 parameter.
723
724 Although it is tempting to choose damping parameters equivalent to the
725 Ewald examples to obtain quantitative agreement, the results of our
726 previous work indicate that values this high are destructive to both
727 the energetics and dynamics.\cite{Fennell06} Ideally, $\alpha$ should
728 not exceed 0.3~\AA$^{-1}$ for any of the cutoff values in this
729 range. If the optimal damping parameter is chosen to be midway between
730 0.275 and 0.3~\AA$^{-1}$ (0.2875~\AA$^{-1}$) at the 9~\AA\ cutoff,
731 then the linear trend with $R_\textrm{c}$ will always keep $\alpha$
732 below 0.3~\AA$^{-1}$ for the studied cutoff radii. This linear
733 progression would give values of 0.2875, 0.2625, 0.2375, and
734 0.2125~\AA$^{-1}$ for cutoff radii of 9, 10, 11, and 12~\AA. Setting
735 this to be the default behavior for the damped SF technique will
736 result in consistent dielectric behavior for these and other condensed
737 molecular systems, regardless of the chosen cutoff radius. The static
738 dielectric constants for TIP5P-E simulations with 9 and 12\AA\
739 $R_\textrm{c}$ values using their respective damping parameters are
740 76$\pm$1 and 75$\pm$2. These values are lower than the values reported
741 for TIP5P-E with the Ewald sum; however, they are more in line with
742 the values reported by Mahoney {\it et al.} for TIP5P while using a
743 reaction field (RF) with an infinite RF dielectric constant
744 (81.5$\pm$1.6).\cite{Mahoney00}
745
746 Using the same linear relationship utilized with TIP5P-E above, the
747 static dielectric constants for SSD/RF with $R_\textrm{c}$ values of 9
748 and 12~\AA\ are 88$\pm$8 and 82.6$\pm$0.6. These values compare
749 favorably with the experimental value of 78.3.\cite{Malmberg56} These
750 results are also not surprising given that early studies of the SSD
751 model indicated a static dielectric constant around 81.\cite{Liu96}
752
753 As a final note on optimal damping parameters, aside from a slight
754 lowering of $\Delta H_\textrm{vap}$, using these $\alpha$ values does
755 not alter any of the other thermodynamic properties.
756
757 \subsection{Dynamic Properties of TIP5P-E}\label{sec:t5peDynamics}
758
759 To look at the dynamic properties of TIP5P-E when using the SF method,
760 200~ps $NVE$ simulations were performed for each temperature at the
761 average density obtained from the $NPT$ simulations. $R_\textrm{c}$
762 values of 9 and 12~\AA\ and the ideal $\alpha$ values determined above
763 (0.2875 and 0.2125~\AA$^{-1}$) were used for the damped
764 electrostatics. The self-diffusion constants (D) were calculated from
765 linear fits to the long-time portion of the mean square displacement
766 ($\langle r^{2}(t) \rangle$).\cite{Allen87}
767
768 In addition to translational diffusion, orientational relaxation times
769 were calculated for comparisons with the Ewald simulations and with
770 experiments. These values were determined from the same 200~ps $NVE$
771 trajectories used for translational diffusion by calculating the
772 orientational time correlation function,
773 \begin{equation}
774 C_l^\alpha(t) = \left\langle P_l\left[\hat{\mathbf{u}}_i^\alpha(t)
775 \cdot\hat{\mathbf{u}}_i^\alpha(0)\right]\right\rangle,
776 \label{eq:OrientCorr}
777 \end{equation}
778 where $P_l$ is the Legendre polynomial of order $l$ and
779 $\hat{\mathbf{u}}_i^\alpha$ is the unit vector of molecule $i$ along
780 axis $\alpha$. The body-fixed reference frame used for our
781 orientational correlation functions has the $z$-axis running along the
782 HOH bisector, and the $y$-axis connecting the two hydrogen atoms.
783 $C_l^y$ is therefore calculated from the time evolution of a vector of
784 unit length pointing between the two hydrogen atoms.
785
786 From the orientation autocorrelation functions, we can obtain time
787 constants for rotational relaxation. The relatively short time
788 portions (between 1 and 3~ps for water) of these curves can be fit to
789 an exponential decay to obtain these constants, and they are directly
790 comparable to water orientational relaxation times from nuclear
791 magnetic resonance (NMR). The relaxation constant obtained from
792 $C_2^y(t)$ is of particular interest because it describes the
793 relaxation of the principle axis connecting the hydrogen atoms. Thus,
794 $C_2^y(t)$ can be compared to the intermolecular portion of the
795 dipole-dipole relaxation from a proton NMR signal and should provide
796 the best estimate of the NMR relaxation time constant.\cite{Impey82}
797
798 \begin{figure}
799 \centering
800 \includegraphics[width=5.8in]{./figures/t5peDynamics.pdf}
801 \caption{Diffusion constants ({\it upper}) and reorientational time
802 constants ({\it lower}) for TIP5P-E using the Ewald sum and SF
803 technique compared with experiment. Data at temperatures less than
804 0$^\circ$C were not included in the $\tau_2^y$ plot to allow for
805 easier comparisons in the more relevant temperature regime.}
806 \label{fig:t5peDynamics}
807 \end{figure}
808 Results for the diffusion constants and orientational relaxation times
809 are shown in figure \ref{fig:t5peDynamics}. From this figure, it is
810 apparent that the trends for both $D$ and $\tau_2^y$ of TIP5P-E using
811 the Ewald sum are reproduced with the SF technique. The enhanced
812 diffusion (relative to experiment) at high temperatures are again the
813 product of the lower simulated densities and do not provide any
814 special insight into differences between the electrostatic summation
815 techniques. Though not apparent in this figure, SF values at the
816 lowest temperature are approximately twice as slow as $D$ values
817 obtained using the Ewald sum. These values support the observation
818 from section \ref{sec:t5peThermo} that the SF simulations result in a
819 slightly more viscous supercooled region than is obtained using the
820 Ewald sum.
821
822 The $\tau_2^y$ results in the lower frame of figure
823 \ref{fig:t5peDynamics} show a much greater difference between the SF
824 results and the Ewald results. At all temperatures shown, TIP5P-E
825 relaxes faster than experiment with the Ewald sum while tracking
826 experiment fairly well when using the SF technique, independent of the
827 choice of damping constant. There are several possible reasons for
828 this deviation between techniques. The Ewald results were calculated
829 using shorter (10~ps) trajectories than the SF results (200~ps).
830 Calculation of these SF values from a 10~ps trajectory (with
831 subsequently lower accuracy) showed a 0.4~ps drop in $\tau_2^y$,
832 placing the result more in line with that obtained using the Ewald
833 sum. Recomputing correlation times to meet a lower statistical
834 standard is counter-productive, however. Assuming the Ewald results
835 are not entirely the product of poor statistics, differences in
836 techniques to integrate the orientational motion could also play a
837 role. {\sc shake} is the most commonly used technique for
838 approximating rigid-body orientational motion,\cite{Ryckaert77}
839 whereas in {\sc oopse}, we maintain and integrate the entire rotation
840 matrix using the {\sc dlm} method.\cite{Meineke05} Since {\sc shake}
841 is an iterative constraint technique, if the convergence tolerances
842 are raised for increased performance, error will accumulate in the
843 orientational motion. Finally, the Ewald results were calculated using
844 the $NVT$ ensemble, while the $NVE$ ensemble was used for SF
845 calculations. The motion due to the extended variable (the thermostat)
846 will always alter the dynamics, resulting in differences between $NVT$
847 and $NVE$ results. These differences are increasingly noticeable as
848 the time constant for the thermostat decreases.
849
850 \subsection{Comparison of Reaction Field and Damped Electrostatics for
851 SSD/RF}
852
853 SSD/RF was parametrized for use with a reaction field, which is a
854 common and relatively inexpensive way of handling long-range
855 electrostatic corrections in dipolar systems.\cite{Onsager36}
856 Although there is no reason to expect that damped electrostatics will
857 behave in a similar fashion to the reaction field, it is well known
858 that model that are parametrized for use with Ewald do better than
859 unoptimized models under the influence of a reaction
860 field.\cite{Rick04} We compared a number of properties of SSD/RF that
861 had previously been computed using a reaction field with those same
862 values under damped electrostatics.
863
864 The properties shown in table \ref{tab:dampedSSDRF} show that damped
865 electrostatics produces even better agreement with experiment than is
866 obtained via reaction field. The average density shows a modest
867 increase when using damped electrostatics in place of the reaction
868 field. This comes about because we neglect the pressure effect due to
869 the surroundings outside of the cutoff, instead relying on screening
870 effects to neutralize electrostatic interactions at long
871 distances. The $C_p$ also shows a slight increase, indicating greater
872 fluctuation in the enthalpy at constant pressure. The only other
873 differences between the damped electrostatics and the reaction field
874 results are the dipole reorientational time constants, $\tau_1$ and
875 $\tau_2$. When using damped electrostatics, the water molecules relax
876 more quickly and exhibit behavior closer to the experimental
877 values. These results indicate that since there is no need to specify
878 an external dielectric constant with the damped electrostatics, it is
879 almost certainly a better choice for dipolar simulations than the
880 reaction field method. Using damped electrostatics, SSD/RF can be
881 used effectively with mixed charge / dipolar systems, such as
882 dissolved ions, dissolved organic molecules, or even proteins.
883
884 \begin{table}
885 \caption{Properties of SSD/RF when using reaction field or damped
886 electrostatics. Simulations were carried out at 298~K, 1~atm, and
887 with 512 molecules.}
888 \footnotesize
889 \centering
890 \begin{tabular}{ llccc }
891 \toprule
892 \toprule
893 & & Reaction Field (Ref. \citen{Fennell04}) & Damped Electrostatics &
894 Experiment [Ref.] \\
895 & & $\epsilon = 80$ & $R_\textrm{c} = 12$\AA ; $\alpha = 0.2125$~\AA$^{-1}$ & \\
896 \midrule
897 $\rho$ & (g cm$^{-3}$) & 0.997(1) & 1.004(4) & 0.997 [\citen{CRC80}]\\
898 $C_p$ & (cal mol$^{-1}$ K$^{-1}$) & 23.8(2) & 27(1) & 18.005 [\citen{Wagner02}] \\
899 $D$ & ($10^{-5}$ cm$^2$ s$^{-1}$) & 2.32(6) & 2.33(2) & 2.299 [\citen{Mills73}]\\
900 $n_C$ & & 4.4 & 4.2 & 4.7 [\citen{Hura00}]\\
901 $n_H$ & & 3.7 & 3.7 & 3.5 [\citen{Soper86}]\\
902 $\tau_1$ & (ps) & 7.2(4) & 5.86(8) & 5.7 [\citen{Eisenberg69}]\\
903 $\tau_2$ & (ps) & 3.2(2) & 2.45(7) & 2.3 [\citen{Krynicki66}]\\
904 \bottomrule
905 \end{tabular}
906 \label{tab:dampedSSDRF}
907 \end{table}
908
909 \subsection{Predictions of Ice Polymorph Stability}
910
911 In an earlier paper, we performed a series of free energy calculations
912 on several ice polymorphs which are stable or metastable at low
913 pressures, one of which (Ice-$i$) we observed in spontaneous
914 crystallizations of an early version of the SSD/RF water
915 model.\cite{Fennell05} In this study, a distinct dependence of the
916 computed free energies on the cutoff radius and electrostatic
917 summation method was observed. Since the SF technique can be used as
918 a simple and efficient replacement for the Ewald summation, our final
919 test of this method is to see if it is capable of addressing the
920 spurious stability of the Ice-$i$ phases with the various common water
921 models. To this end, we have performed thermodynamic integrations of
922 all of the previously discussed ice polymorphs using the SF technique
923 with a cutoff radius of 12~\AA\ and an $\alpha$ of 0.2125~\AA . These
924 calculations were performed on TIP5P-E and TIP4P-Ew (variants of the
925 TIP5P and TIP4P models optimized for the Ewald summation) as well as
926 SPC/E and SSD/RF.
927
928 \begin{table}
929 \centering
930 \caption{Helmholtz free energies of ice polymorphs at 1~atm and 200~K
931 using the damped SF electrostatic correction method with a
932 variety of water models.}
933 \begin{tabular}{ lccccc }
934 \toprule
935 \toprule
936 Model & I$_\textrm{h}$ & I$_\textrm{c}$ & B & Ice-$i$ & Ice-$i^\prime$ \\
937 \cmidrule(lr){2-6}
938 & \multicolumn{5}{c}{(kcal mol$^{-1}$)} \\
939 \midrule
940 TIP5P-E & -11.98(4) & -11.96(4) & -11.87(3) & - & -11.95(3) \\
941 TIP4P-Ew & -13.11(3) & -13.09(3) & -12.97(3) & - & -12.98(3) \\
942 SPC/E & -12.99(3) & -13.00(3) & -13.03(3) & - & -12.99(3) \\
943 SSD/RF & -11.83(3) & -11.66(4) & -12.32(3) & -12.39(3) & - \\
944 \bottomrule
945 \end{tabular}
946 \label{tab:dampedFreeEnergy}
947 \end{table}
948 The results of these calculations in table \ref{tab:dampedFreeEnergy}
949 show similar behavior to the Ewald results in the previous
950 study.\cite{Fennell05} The Helmholtz free energies of the ice
951 polymorphs with SSD/RF order in the same fashion, with Ice-$i$ having
952 the lowest free energy; however, the Ice-$i$ and ice B free energies
953 are quite a bit closer (nearly isoenergetic). The SPC/E results show
954 the different polymorphs to be nearly isoenergetic. This is the same
955 behavior observed using an Ewald correction.\cite{Fennell05} Ice B has
956 the lowest Helmholtz free energy for SPC/E; however, all the polymorph
957 results overlap within the error estimates.
958
959 The most interesting results from these calculations come from the
960 more expensive TIP4P-Ew and TIP5P-E results. Both of these models were
961 optimized for use with an electrostatic correction and are
962 geometrically arranged to mimic water using drastically different
963 charge distributions. In TIP5P-E, the primary location for the
964 negative charge in the molecule is assigned to the lone-pairs of the
965 oxygen, while TIP4P-Ew places the negative charge near the
966 center-of-mass along the H-O-H bisector. There is some debate as to
967 which is the proper choice for the negative charge location, and this
968 has in part led to a six-site water model that balances both of these
969 options.\cite{Vega05,Nada03} The limited results in table
970 \ref{tab:dampedFreeEnergy} support the results of Vega {\it et al.},
971 which indicate the TIP4P charge location geometry performs better
972 under some circumstances.\cite{Vega05} With the TIP4P-Ew water model,
973 the experimentally observed polymorph (ice I$_\textrm{h}$) is the
974 preferred form with ice I$_\textrm{c}$ slightly higher in energy,
975 though overlapping within error. Additionally, the spurious ice B and
976 Ice-$i^\prime$ structures are destabilized relative to these
977 polymorphs. TIP5P-E shows similar behavior to SPC/E, where there is no
978 real free energy distinction between the various polymorphs. While ice
979 B is close in free energy to the other polymorphs, these results fail
980 to support the findings of other researchers indicating the preferred
981 form of TIP5P at 1~atm is a structure similar to ice
982 B.\cite{Yamada02,Vega05,Abascal05} It should be noted that we were
983 looking at TIP5P-E rather than TIP5P, and the differences in the
984 Lennard-Jones parameters could cause this discrepancy. Overall, these
985 results indicate that TIP4P-Ew is a better mimic of the solid forms of
986 water than some of the other models.
987
988 \section{Conclusions}
989
990 This investigation of pairwise electrostatic summation techniques
991 shows that there is a viable and computationally efficient alternative
992 to the Ewald summation. The SF method (eq. \ref{eq:DSFPot}) has
993 proven itself capable of reproducing structural, thermodynamic, and
994 dynamic quantities that are nearly quantitative matches to results
995 from far more expensive methods. Additionally, we have now extended
996 the damping formalism to electrostatic multipoles, so the damped SF
997 potential can be used in systems that contain mixtures of charges and
998 point multipoles.
999
1000 We have also provided a simple linear prescription for choosing
1001 optimal damping parameters given a choice of cutoff radius. The
1002 damping parameters were chosen to obtain a static dielectric constant
1003 as close as possible to the experimental value, which should be useful
1004 for simulating the electrostatic screening properties of liquid water
1005 accurately. The linear formula for optimal damping was the same for
1006 a complicated multipoint model as it was for a simple point-dipolar
1007 model.
1008
1009 As in all purely pairwise cutoff methods, the damped SF method is
1010 expected to scale approximately {\it linearly} with system size, and
1011 is easily parallelizable. This should result in substantial
1012 reductions in the computational cost of performing large simulations.
1013 With the proper use of pre-computation and spline interpolation, the
1014 damped SF method is essentially the same cost as a simple real-space
1015 cutoff.
1016
1017 We are not suggesting that there is any flaw with the Ewald sum; in
1018 fact, it is the standard by which the damped SF method has been
1019 judged. However, these results provide further evidence that in the
1020 typical simulations performed today, the Ewald summation may no longer
1021 be required to obtain the level of accuracy most researchers have come
1022 to expect.
1023
1024 \section{Acknowledgments}
1025 Support for this project was provided by the National Science
1026 Foundation under grant CHE-0134881. Computation time was provided by
1027 the Notre Dame Center for Research Computing. The authors would like
1028 to thank Steve Corcelli and Ed Maginn for helpful discussions and
1029 comments.
1030
1031 \newpage
1032
1033 \bibliographystyle{achemso}
1034 \bibliography{multipoleSFPaper}
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1037 \end{document}