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1   \chapter{\label{chapt:introduction}INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL BACKGROUND}
2  
3 \section{\label{introSection:molecularDynamics}Molecular Dynamics}
4
5 As a special discipline of molecular modeling, Molecular dynamics
6 has proven to be a powerful tool for studying the functions of
7 biological systems, providing structural, thermodynamic and
8 dynamical information.
9
3   \section{\label{introSection:classicalMechanics}Classical
4   Mechanics}
5  
6   Closely related to Classical Mechanics, Molecular Dynamics
7   simulations are carried out by integrating the equations of motion
8   for a given system of particles. There are three fundamental ideas
9 < behind classical mechanics. Firstly, One can determine the state of
9 > behind classical mechanics. Firstly, one can determine the state of
10   a mechanical system at any time of interest; Secondly, all the
11   mechanical properties of the system at that time can be determined
12   by combining the knowledge of the properties of the system with the
# Line 22 | Line 15 | sufficient to predict the future behavior of the syste
15   sufficient to predict the future behavior of the system.
16  
17   \subsection{\label{introSection:newtonian}Newtonian Mechanics}
18 + The discovery of Newton's three laws of mechanics which govern the
19 + motion of particles is the foundation of the classical mechanics.
20 + Newton's first law defines a class of inertial frames. Inertial
21 + frames are reference frames where a particle not interacting with
22 + other bodies will move with constant speed in the same direction.
23 + With respect to inertial frames, Newton's second law has the form
24 + \begin{equation}
25 + F = \frac {dp}{dt} = \frac {mdv}{dt}
26 + \label{introEquation:newtonSecondLaw}
27 + \end{equation}
28 + A point mass interacting with other bodies moves with the
29 + acceleration along the direction of the force acting on it. Let
30 + $F_{ij}$ be the force that particle $i$ exerts on particle $j$, and
31 + $F_{ji}$ be the force that particle $j$ exerts on particle $i$.
32 + Newton's third law states that
33 + \begin{equation}
34 + F_{ij} = -F_{ji}
35 + \label{introEquation:newtonThirdLaw}
36 + \end{equation}
37  
38 + Conservation laws of Newtonian Mechanics play very important roles
39 + in solving mechanics problems. The linear momentum of a particle is
40 + conserved if it is free or it experiences no force. The second
41 + conservation theorem concerns the angular momentum of a particle.
42 + The angular momentum $L$ of a particle with respect to an origin
43 + from which $r$ is measured is defined to be
44 + \begin{equation}
45 + L \equiv r \times p \label{introEquation:angularMomentumDefinition}
46 + \end{equation}
47 + The torque $\tau$ with respect to the same origin is defined to be
48 + \begin{equation}
49 + \tau \equiv r \times F \label{introEquation:torqueDefinition}
50 + \end{equation}
51 + Differentiating Eq.~\ref{introEquation:angularMomentumDefinition},
52 + \[
53 + \dot L = \frac{d}{{dt}}(r \times p) = (\dot r \times p) + (r \times
54 + \dot p)
55 + \]
56 + since
57 + \[
58 + \dot r \times p = \dot r \times mv = m\dot r \times \dot r \equiv 0
59 + \]
60 + thus,
61 + \begin{equation}
62 + \dot L = r \times \dot p = \tau
63 + \end{equation}
64 + If there are no external torques acting on a body, the angular
65 + momentum of it is conserved. The last conservation theorem state
66 + that if all forces are conservative, Energy
67 + \begin{equation}E = T + V \label{introEquation:energyConservation}
68 + \end{equation}
69 + is conserved. All of these conserved quantities are
70 + important factors to determine the quality of numerical integration
71 + schemes for rigid bodies \cite{Dullweber1997}.
72 +
73   \subsection{\label{introSection:lagrangian}Lagrangian Mechanics}
74  
75 < Newtonian Mechanics suffers from two important limitations: it
76 < describes their motion in special cartesian coordinate systems.
77 < Another limitation of Newtonian mechanics becomes obvious when we
78 < try to describe systems with large numbers of particles. It becomes
79 < very difficult to predict the properties of the system by carrying
80 < out calculations involving the each individual interaction between
81 < all the particles, even if we know all of the details of the
35 < interaction. In order to overcome some of the practical difficulties
36 < which arise in attempts to apply Newton's equation to complex
37 < system, alternative procedures may be developed.
75 > Newtonian Mechanics suffers from two important limitations: motions
76 > can only be described in cartesian coordinate systems. Moreover, It
77 > become impossible to predict analytically the properties of the
78 > system even if we know all of the details of the interaction. In
79 > order to overcome some of the practical difficulties which arise in
80 > attempts to apply Newton's equation to complex system, approximate
81 > numerical procedures may be developed.
82  
83 < \subsection{\label{introSection:halmiltonPrinciple}Hamilton's
84 < Principle}
83 > \subsubsection{\label{introSection:halmiltonPrinciple}\textbf{Hamilton's
84 > Principle}}
85  
86   Hamilton introduced the dynamical principle upon which it is
87 < possible to base all of mechanics and, indeed, most of classical
88 < physics. Hamilton's Principle may be stated as follow,
87 > possible to base all of mechanics and most of classical physics.
88 > Hamilton's Principle may be stated as follows,
89  
90   The actual trajectory, along which a dynamical system may move from
91   one point to another within a specified time, is derived by finding
# Line 53 | Line 97 | different part are derivable from a potential and the
97   \end{equation}
98  
99   For simple mechanical systems, where the forces acting on the
100 < different part are derivable from a potential and the velocities are
101 < small compared with that of light, the Lagrangian function $L$ can
102 < be define as the difference between the kinetic energy of the system
59 < and its potential energy,
100 > different parts are derivable from a potential, the Lagrangian
101 > function $L$ can be defined as the difference between the kinetic
102 > energy of the system and its potential energy,
103   \begin{equation}
104   L \equiv K - U = L(q_i ,\dot q_i ) ,
105   \label{introEquation:lagrangianDef}
# Line 67 | Line 110 | then Eq.~\ref{introEquation:halmitonianPrinciple1} bec
110   \label{introEquation:halmitonianPrinciple2}
111   \end{equation}
112  
113 < \subsection{\label{introSection:equationOfMotionLagrangian}The
114 < Equations of Motion in Lagrangian Mechanics}
113 > \subsubsection{\label{introSection:equationOfMotionLagrangian}\textbf{The
114 > Equations of Motion in Lagrangian Mechanics}}
115  
116 < for a holonomic system of $f$ degrees of freedom, the equations of
117 < motion in the Lagrangian form is
116 > For a system of $f$ degrees of freedom, the equations of motion in
117 > the Lagrangian form is
118   \begin{equation}
119   \frac{d}{{dt}}\frac{{\partial L}}{{\partial \dot q_i }} -
120   \frac{{\partial L}}{{\partial q_i }} = 0,{\rm{ }}i = 1, \ldots,f
# Line 85 | Line 128 | independent of generalized velocities, the generalized
128   Arising from Lagrangian Mechanics, Hamiltonian Mechanics was
129   introduced by William Rowan Hamilton in 1833 as a re-formulation of
130   classical mechanics. If the potential energy of a system is
131 < independent of generalized velocities, the generalized momenta can
89 < be defined as
131 > independent of velocities, the momenta can be defined as
132   \begin{equation}
133   p_i = \frac{\partial L}{\partial \dot q_i}
134   \label{introEquation:generalizedMomenta}
# Line 125 | Line 167 | find
167   By identifying the coefficients of $dq_k$, $dp_k$ and dt, we can
168   find
169   \begin{equation}
170 < \frac{{\partial H}}{{\partial p_k }} = q_k
170 > \frac{{\partial H}}{{\partial p_k }} = \dot {q_k}
171   \label{introEquation:motionHamiltonianCoordinate}
172   \end{equation}
173   \begin{equation}
174 < \frac{{\partial H}}{{\partial q_k }} =  - p_k
174 > \frac{{\partial H}}{{\partial q_k }} =  - \dot {p_k}
175   \label{introEquation:motionHamiltonianMomentum}
176   \end{equation}
177   and
# Line 142 | Line 184 | known as the canonical equations of motions.
184   Eq.~\ref{introEquation:motionHamiltonianCoordinate} and
185   Eq.~\ref{introEquation:motionHamiltonianMomentum} are Hamilton's
186   equation of motion. Due to their symmetrical formula, they are also
187 < known as the canonical equations of motions.
187 > known as the canonical equations of motions \cite{Goldstein2001}.
188  
189   An important difference between Lagrangian approach and the
190   Hamiltonian approach is that the Lagrangian is considered to be a
191 < function of the generalized velocities $\dot q_i$ and the
192 < generalized coordinates $q_i$, while the Hamiltonian is considered
193 < to be a function of the generalized momenta $p_i$ and the conjugate
194 < generalized coordinate $q_i$. Hamiltonian Mechanics is more
195 < appropriate for application to statistical mechanics and quantum
196 < mechanics, since it treats the coordinate and its time derivative as
197 < independent variables and it only works with 1st-order differential
156 < equations.
191 > function of the generalized velocities $\dot q_i$ and coordinates
192 > $q_i$, while the Hamiltonian is considered to be a function of the
193 > generalized momenta $p_i$ and the conjugate coordinates $q_i$.
194 > Hamiltonian Mechanics is more appropriate for application to
195 > statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics, since it treats the
196 > coordinate and its time derivative as independent variables and it
197 > only works with 1st-order differential equations\cite{Marion1990}.
198  
199 < \subsection{\label{introSection:poissonBrackets}Poisson Brackets}
199 > In Newtonian Mechanics, a system described by conservative forces
200 > conserves the total energy \ref{introEquation:energyConservation}.
201 > It follows that Hamilton's equations of motion conserve the total
202 > Hamiltonian.
203 > \begin{equation}
204 > \frac{{dH}}{{dt}} = \sum\limits_i {\left( {\frac{{\partial
205 > H}}{{\partial q_i }}\dot q_i  + \frac{{\partial H}}{{\partial p_i
206 > }}\dot p_i } \right)}  = \sum\limits_i {\left( {\frac{{\partial
207 > H}}{{\partial q_i }}\frac{{\partial H}}{{\partial p_i }} -
208 > \frac{{\partial H}}{{\partial p_i }}\frac{{\partial H}}{{\partial
209 > q_i }}} \right) = 0} \label{introEquation:conserveHalmitonian}
210 > \end{equation}
211  
160 \subsection{\label{introSection:canonicalTransformation}Canonical
161 Transformation}
162
212   \section{\label{introSection:statisticalMechanics}Statistical
213   Mechanics}
214  
215 < The thermodynamic behaviors and properties  of Molecular Dynamics
215 > The thermodynamic behaviors and properties of Molecular Dynamics
216   simulation are governed by the principle of Statistical Mechanics.
217   The following section will give a brief introduction to some of the
218 < Statistical Mechanics concepts presented in this dissertation.
218 > Statistical Mechanics concepts and theorem presented in this
219 > dissertation.
220  
221 < \subsection{\label{introSection::ensemble}Ensemble}
221 > \subsection{\label{introSection:ensemble}Phase Space and Ensemble}
222  
223 + Mathematically, phase space is the space which represents all
224 + possible states. Each possible state of the system corresponds to
225 + one unique point in the phase space. For mechanical systems, the
226 + phase space usually consists of all possible values of position and
227 + momentum variables. Consider a dynamic system of $f$ particles in a
228 + cartesian space, where each of the $6f$ coordinates and momenta is
229 + assigned to one of $6f$ mutually orthogonal axes, the phase space of
230 + this system is a $6f$ dimensional space. A point, $x = (q_1 , \ldots
231 + ,q_f ,p_1 , \ldots ,p_f )$, with a unique set of values of $6f$
232 + coordinates and momenta is a phase space vector.
233 +
234 + %%%fix me
235 + A microscopic state or microstate of a classical system is
236 + specification of the complete phase space vector of a system at any
237 + instant in time. An ensemble is defined as a collection of systems
238 + sharing one or more macroscopic characteristics but each being in a
239 + unique microstate. The complete ensemble is specified by giving all
240 + systems or microstates consistent with the common macroscopic
241 + characteristics of the ensemble. Although the state of each
242 + individual system in the ensemble could be precisely described at
243 + any instance in time by a suitable phase space vector, when using
244 + ensembles for statistical purposes, there is no need to maintain
245 + distinctions between individual systems, since the numbers of
246 + systems at any time in the different states which correspond to
247 + different regions of the phase space are more interesting. Moreover,
248 + in the point of view of statistical mechanics, one would prefer to
249 + use ensembles containing a large enough population of separate
250 + members so that the numbers of systems in such different states can
251 + be regarded as changing continuously as we traverse different
252 + regions of the phase space. The condition of an ensemble at any time
253 + can be regarded as appropriately specified by the density $\rho$
254 + with which representative points are distributed over the phase
255 + space. The density distribution for an ensemble with $f$ degrees of
256 + freedom is defined as,
257 + \begin{equation}
258 + \rho  = \rho (q_1 , \ldots ,q_f ,p_1 , \ldots ,p_f ,t).
259 + \label{introEquation:densityDistribution}
260 + \end{equation}
261 + Governed by the principles of mechanics, the phase points change
262 + their locations which would change the density at any time at phase
263 + space. Hence, the density distribution is also to be taken as a
264 + function of the time.
265 +
266 + The number of systems $\delta N$ at time $t$ can be determined by,
267 + \begin{equation}
268 + \delta N = \rho (q,p,t)dq_1  \ldots dq_f dp_1  \ldots dp_f.
269 + \label{introEquation:deltaN}
270 + \end{equation}
271 + Assuming a large enough population of systems, we can sufficiently
272 + approximate $\delta N$ without introducing discontinuity when we go
273 + from one region in the phase space to another. By integrating over
274 + the whole phase space,
275 + \begin{equation}
276 + N = \int { \ldots \int {\rho (q,p,t)dq_1 } ...dq_f dp_1 } ...dp_f
277 + \label{introEquation:totalNumberSystem}
278 + \end{equation}
279 + gives us an expression for the total number of the systems. Hence,
280 + the probability per unit in the phase space can be obtained by,
281 + \begin{equation}
282 + \frac{{\rho (q,p,t)}}{N} = \frac{{\rho (q,p,t)}}{{\int { \ldots \int
283 + {\rho (q,p,t)dq_1 } ...dq_f dp_1 } ...dp_f }}.
284 + \label{introEquation:unitProbability}
285 + \end{equation}
286 + With the help of Eq.~\ref{introEquation:unitProbability} and the
287 + knowledge of the system, it is possible to calculate the average
288 + value of any desired quantity which depends on the coordinates and
289 + momenta of the system. Even when the dynamics of the real system is
290 + complex, or stochastic, or even discontinuous, the average
291 + properties of the ensemble of possibilities as a whole remaining
292 + well defined. For a classical system in thermal equilibrium with its
293 + environment, the ensemble average of a mechanical quantity, $\langle
294 + A(q , p) \rangle_t$, takes the form of an integral over the phase
295 + space of the system,
296 + \begin{equation}
297 + \langle  A(q , p) \rangle_t = \frac{{\int { \ldots \int {A(q,p)\rho
298 + (q,p,t)dq_1 } ...dq_f dp_1 } ...dp_f }}{{\int { \ldots \int {\rho
299 + (q,p,t)dq_1 } ...dq_f dp_1 } ...dp_f }}
300 + \label{introEquation:ensembelAverage}
301 + \end{equation}
302 +
303 + There are several different types of ensembles with different
304 + statistical characteristics. As a function of macroscopic
305 + parameters, such as temperature \textit{etc}, the partition function
306 + can be used to describe the statistical properties of a system in
307 + thermodynamic equilibrium.
308 +
309 + As an ensemble of systems, each of which is known to be thermally
310 + isolated and conserve energy, the Microcanonical ensemble (NVE) has
311 + a partition function like,
312 + \begin{equation}
313 + \Omega (N,V,E) = e^{\beta TS} \label{introEquation:NVEPartition}.
314 + \end{equation}
315 + A canonical ensemble (NVT)is an ensemble of systems, each of which
316 + can share its energy with a large heat reservoir. The distribution
317 + of the total energy amongst the possible dynamical states is given
318 + by the partition function,
319 + \begin{equation}
320 + \Omega (N,V,T) = e^{ - \beta A}
321 + \label{introEquation:NVTPartition}
322 + \end{equation}
323 + Here, $A$ is the Helmholtz free energy which is defined as $ A = U -
324 + TS$. Since most experiments are carried out under constant pressure
325 + condition, the isothermal-isobaric ensemble (NPT) plays a very
326 + important role in molecular simulations. The isothermal-isobaric
327 + ensemble allow the system to exchange energy with a heat bath of
328 + temperature $T$ and to change the volume as well. Its partition
329 + function is given as
330 + \begin{equation}
331 + \Delta (N,P,T) =  - e^{\beta G}.
332 + \label{introEquation:NPTPartition}
333 + \end{equation}
334 + Here, $G = U - TS + PV$, and $G$ is called Gibbs free energy.
335 +
336 + \subsection{\label{introSection:liouville}Liouville's theorem}
337 +
338 + Liouville's theorem is the foundation on which statistical mechanics
339 + rests. It describes the time evolution of the phase space
340 + distribution function. In order to calculate the rate of change of
341 + $\rho$, we begin from Eq.~\ref{introEquation:deltaN}. If we consider
342 + the two faces perpendicular to the $q_1$ axis, which are located at
343 + $q_1$ and $q_1 + \delta q_1$, the number of phase points leaving the
344 + opposite face is given by the expression,
345 + \begin{equation}
346 + \left( {\rho  + \frac{{\partial \rho }}{{\partial q_1 }}\delta q_1 }
347 + \right)\left( {\dot q_1  + \frac{{\partial \dot q_1 }}{{\partial q_1
348 + }}\delta q_1 } \right)\delta q_2  \ldots \delta q_f \delta p_1
349 + \ldots \delta p_f .
350 + \end{equation}
351 + Summing all over the phase space, we obtain
352 + \begin{equation}
353 + \frac{{d(\delta N)}}{{dt}} =  - \sum\limits_{i = 1}^f {\left[ {\rho
354 + \left( {\frac{{\partial \dot q_i }}{{\partial q_i }} +
355 + \frac{{\partial \dot p_i }}{{\partial p_i }}} \right) + \left(
356 + {\frac{{\partial \rho }}{{\partial q_i }}\dot q_i  + \frac{{\partial
357 + \rho }}{{\partial p_i }}\dot p_i } \right)} \right]} \delta q_1
358 + \ldots \delta q_f \delta p_1  \ldots \delta p_f .
359 + \end{equation}
360 + Differentiating the equations of motion in Hamiltonian formalism
361 + (\ref{introEquation:motionHamiltonianCoordinate},
362 + \ref{introEquation:motionHamiltonianMomentum}), we can show,
363 + \begin{equation}
364 + \sum\limits_i {\left( {\frac{{\partial \dot q_i }}{{\partial q_i }}
365 + + \frac{{\partial \dot p_i }}{{\partial p_i }}} \right)}  = 0 ,
366 + \end{equation}
367 + which cancels the first terms of the right hand side. Furthermore,
368 + dividing $ \delta q_1  \ldots \delta q_f \delta p_1  \ldots \delta
369 + p_f $ in both sides, we can write out Liouville's theorem in a
370 + simple form,
371 + \begin{equation}
372 + \frac{{\partial \rho }}{{\partial t}} + \sum\limits_{i = 1}^f
373 + {\left( {\frac{{\partial \rho }}{{\partial q_i }}\dot q_i  +
374 + \frac{{\partial \rho }}{{\partial p_i }}\dot p_i } \right)}  = 0 .
375 + \label{introEquation:liouvilleTheorem}
376 + \end{equation}
377 +
378 + Liouville's theorem states that the distribution function is
379 + constant along any trajectory in phase space. In classical
380 + statistical mechanics, since the number of members in an ensemble is
381 + huge and constant, we can assume the local density has no reason
382 + (other than classical mechanics) to change,
383 + \begin{equation}
384 + \frac{{\partial \rho }}{{\partial t}} = 0.
385 + \label{introEquation:stationary}
386 + \end{equation}
387 + In such stationary system, the density of distribution $\rho$ can be
388 + connected to the Hamiltonian $H$ through Maxwell-Boltzmann
389 + distribution,
390 + \begin{equation}
391 + \rho  \propto e^{ - \beta H}
392 + \label{introEquation:densityAndHamiltonian}
393 + \end{equation}
394 +
395 + \subsubsection{\label{introSection:phaseSpaceConservation}\textbf{Conservation of Phase Space}}
396 + Lets consider a region in the phase space,
397 + \begin{equation}
398 + \delta v = \int { \ldots \int {dq_1 } ...dq_f dp_1 } ..dp_f .
399 + \end{equation}
400 + If this region is small enough, the density $\rho$ can be regarded
401 + as uniform over the whole integral. Thus, the number of phase points
402 + inside this region is given by,
403 + \begin{equation}
404 + \delta N = \rho \delta v = \rho \int { \ldots \int {dq_1 } ...dq_f
405 + dp_1 } ..dp_f.
406 + \end{equation}
407 +
408 + \begin{equation}
409 + \frac{{d(\delta N)}}{{dt}} = \frac{{d\rho }}{{dt}}\delta v + \rho
410 + \frac{d}{{dt}}(\delta v) = 0.
411 + \end{equation}
412 + With the help of stationary assumption
413 + (\ref{introEquation:stationary}), we obtain the principle of the
414 + \emph{conservation of volume in phase space},
415 + \begin{equation}
416 + \frac{d}{{dt}}(\delta v) = \frac{d}{{dt}}\int { \ldots \int {dq_1 }
417 + ...dq_f dp_1 } ..dp_f  = 0.
418 + \label{introEquation:volumePreserving}
419 + \end{equation}
420 +
421 + \subsubsection{\label{introSection:liouvilleInOtherForms}\textbf{Liouville's Theorem in Other Forms}}
422 +
423 + Liouville's theorem can be expresses in a variety of different forms
424 + which are convenient within different contexts. For any two function
425 + $F$ and $G$ of the coordinates and momenta of a system, the Poisson
426 + bracket ${F, G}$ is defined as
427 + \begin{equation}
428 + \left\{ {F,G} \right\} = \sum\limits_i {\left( {\frac{{\partial
429 + F}}{{\partial q_i }}\frac{{\partial G}}{{\partial p_i }} -
430 + \frac{{\partial F}}{{\partial p_i }}\frac{{\partial G}}{{\partial
431 + q_i }}} \right)}.
432 + \label{introEquation:poissonBracket}
433 + \end{equation}
434 + Substituting equations of motion in Hamiltonian formalism(
435 + Eq.~\ref{introEquation:motionHamiltonianCoordinate} ,
436 + Eq.~\ref{introEquation:motionHamiltonianMomentum} ) into
437 + (Eq.~\ref{introEquation:liouvilleTheorem}), we can rewrite
438 + Liouville's theorem using Poisson bracket notion,
439 + \begin{equation}
440 + \left( {\frac{{\partial \rho }}{{\partial t}}} \right) =  - \left\{
441 + {\rho ,H} \right\}.
442 + \label{introEquation:liouvilleTheromInPoissin}
443 + \end{equation}
444 + Moreover, the Liouville operator is defined as
445 + \begin{equation}
446 + iL = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^f {\left( {\frac{{\partial H}}{{\partial
447 + p_i }}\frac{\partial }{{\partial q_i }} - \frac{{\partial
448 + H}}{{\partial q_i }}\frac{\partial }{{\partial p_i }}} \right)}
449 + \label{introEquation:liouvilleOperator}
450 + \end{equation}
451 + In terms of Liouville operator, Liouville's equation can also be
452 + expressed as
453 + \begin{equation}
454 + \left( {\frac{{\partial \rho }}{{\partial t}}} \right) =  - iL\rho
455 + \label{introEquation:liouvilleTheoremInOperator}
456 + \end{equation}
457 +
458   \subsection{\label{introSection:ergodic}The Ergodic Hypothesis}
459  
460 + Various thermodynamic properties can be calculated from Molecular
461 + Dynamics simulation. By comparing experimental values with the
462 + calculated properties, one can determine the accuracy of the
463 + simulation and the quality of the underlying model. However, both
464 + experiments and computer simulations are usually performed during a
465 + certain time interval and the measurements are averaged over a
466 + period of them which is different from the average behavior of
467 + many-body system in Statistical Mechanics. Fortunately, the Ergodic
468 + Hypothesis makes a connection between time average and the ensemble
469 + average. It states that the time average and average over the
470 + statistical ensemble are identical \cite{Frenkel1996, Leach2001}.
471 + \begin{equation}
472 + \langle A(q , p) \rangle_t = \mathop {\lim }\limits_{t \to \infty }
473 + \frac{1}{t}\int\limits_0^t {A(q(t),p(t))dt = \int\limits_\Gamma
474 + {A(q(t),p(t))} } \rho (q(t), p(t)) dqdp
475 + \end{equation}
476 + where $\langle  A(q , p) \rangle_t$ is an equilibrium value of a
477 + physical quantity and $\rho (p(t), q(t))$ is the equilibrium
478 + distribution function. If an observation is averaged over a
479 + sufficiently long time (longer than relaxation time), all accessible
480 + microstates in phase space are assumed to be equally probed, giving
481 + a properly weighted statistical average. This allows the researcher
482 + freedom of choice when deciding how best to measure a given
483 + observable. In case an ensemble averaged approach sounds most
484 + reasonable, the Monte Carlo techniques\cite{Metropolis1949} can be
485 + utilized. Or if the system lends itself to a time averaging
486 + approach, the Molecular Dynamics techniques in
487 + Sec.~\ref{introSection:molecularDynamics} will be the best
488 + choice\cite{Frenkel1996}.
489 +
490 + \section{\label{introSection:geometricIntegratos}Geometric Integrators}
491 + A variety of numerical integrators have been proposed to simulate
492 + the motions of atoms in MD simulation. They usually begin with
493 + initial conditionals and move the objects in the direction governed
494 + by the differential equations. However, most of them ignore the
495 + hidden physical laws contained within the equations. Since 1990,
496 + geometric integrators, which preserve various phase-flow invariants
497 + such as symplectic structure, volume and time reversal symmetry, are
498 + developed to address this issue\cite{Dullweber1997, McLachlan1998,
499 + Leimkuhler1999}. The velocity Verlet method, which happens to be a
500 + simple example of symplectic integrator, continues to gain
501 + popularity in the molecular dynamics community. This fact can be
502 + partly explained by its geometric nature.
503 +
504 + \subsection{\label{introSection:symplecticManifold}Symplectic Manifolds}
505 + A \emph{manifold} is an abstract mathematical space. It looks
506 + locally like Euclidean space, but when viewed globally, it may have
507 + more complicated structure. A good example of manifold is the
508 + surface of Earth. It seems to be flat locally, but it is round if
509 + viewed as a whole. A \emph{differentiable manifold} (also known as
510 + \emph{smooth manifold}) is a manifold on which it is possible to
511 + apply calculus on \emph{differentiable manifold}. A \emph{symplectic
512 + manifold} is defined as a pair $(M, \omega)$ which consists of a
513 + \emph{differentiable manifold} $M$ and a close, non-degenerated,
514 + bilinear symplectic form, $\omega$. A symplectic form on a vector
515 + space $V$ is a function $\omega(x, y)$ which satisfies
516 + $\omega(\lambda_1x_1+\lambda_2x_2, y) = \lambda_1\omega(x_1, y)+
517 + \lambda_2\omega(x_2, y)$, $\omega(x, y) = - \omega(y, x)$ and
518 + $\omega(x, x) = 0$. The cross product operation in vector field is
519 + an example of symplectic form.
520 +
521 + One of the motivations to study \emph{symplectic manifolds} in
522 + Hamiltonian Mechanics is that a symplectic manifold can represent
523 + all possible configurations of the system and the phase space of the
524 + system can be described by it's cotangent bundle. Every symplectic
525 + manifold is even dimensional. For instance, in Hamilton equations,
526 + coordinate and momentum always appear in pairs.
527 +
528 + \subsection{\label{introSection:ODE}Ordinary Differential Equations}
529 +
530 + For an ordinary differential system defined as
531 + \begin{equation}
532 + \dot x = f(x)
533 + \end{equation}
534 + where $x = x(q,p)^T$, this system is a canonical Hamiltonian, if
535 + \begin{equation}
536 + f(r) = J\nabla _x H(r).
537 + \end{equation}
538 + $H = H (q, p)$ is Hamiltonian function and $J$ is the skew-symmetric
539 + matrix
540 + \begin{equation}
541 + J = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c}
542 +   0 & I  \\
543 +   { - I} & 0  \\
544 + \end{array}} \right)
545 + \label{introEquation:canonicalMatrix}
546 + \end{equation}
547 + where $I$ is an identity matrix. Using this notation, Hamiltonian
548 + system can be rewritten as,
549 + \begin{equation}
550 + \frac{d}{{dt}}x = J\nabla _x H(x)
551 + \label{introEquation:compactHamiltonian}
552 + \end{equation}In this case, $f$ is
553 + called a \emph{Hamiltonian vector field}.
554 +
555 + Another generalization of Hamiltonian dynamics is Poisson
556 + Dynamics\cite{Olver1986},
557 + \begin{equation}
558 + \dot x = J(x)\nabla _x H \label{introEquation:poissonHamiltonian}
559 + \end{equation}
560 + The most obvious change being that matrix $J$ now depends on $x$.
561 +
562 + \subsection{\label{introSection:exactFlow}Exact Flow}
563 +
564 + Let $x(t)$ be the exact solution of the ODE system,
565 + \begin{equation}
566 + \frac{{dx}}{{dt}} = f(x) \label{introEquation:ODE}
567 + \end{equation}
568 + The exact flow(solution) $\varphi_\tau$ is defined by
569 + \[
570 + x(t+\tau) =\varphi_\tau(x(t))
571 + \]
572 + where $\tau$ is a fixed time step and $\varphi$ is a map from phase
573 + space to itself. The flow has the continuous group property,
574 + \begin{equation}
575 + \varphi _{\tau _1 }  \circ \varphi _{\tau _2 }  = \varphi _{\tau _1
576 + + \tau _2 } .
577 + \end{equation}
578 + In particular,
579 + \begin{equation}
580 + \varphi _\tau   \circ \varphi _{ - \tau }  = I
581 + \end{equation}
582 + Therefore, the exact flow is self-adjoint,
583 + \begin{equation}
584 + \varphi _\tau   = \varphi _{ - \tau }^{ - 1}.
585 + \end{equation}
586 + The exact flow can also be written in terms of the of an operator,
587 + \begin{equation}
588 + \varphi _\tau  (x) = e^{\tau \sum\limits_i {f_i (x)\frac{\partial
589 + }{{\partial x_i }}} } (x) \equiv \exp (\tau f)(x).
590 + \label{introEquation:exponentialOperator}
591 + \end{equation}
592 +
593 + In most cases, it is not easy to find the exact flow $\varphi_\tau$.
594 + Instead, we use an approximate map, $\psi_\tau$, which is usually
595 + called integrator. The order of an integrator $\psi_\tau$ is $p$, if
596 + the Taylor series of $\psi_\tau$ agree to order $p$,
597 + \begin{equation}
598 + \psi_\tau(x) = x + \tau f(x) + O(\tau^{p+1})
599 + \end{equation}
600 +
601 + \subsection{\label{introSection:geometricProperties}Geometric Properties}
602 +
603 + The hidden geometric properties\cite{Budd1999, Marsden1998} of an
604 + ODE and its flow play important roles in numerical studies. Many of
605 + them can be found in systems which occur naturally in applications.
606 +
607 + Let $\varphi$ be the flow of Hamiltonian vector field, $\varphi$ is
608 + a \emph{symplectic} flow if it satisfies,
609 + \begin{equation}
610 + {\varphi '}^T J \varphi ' = J.
611 + \end{equation}
612 + According to Liouville's theorem, the symplectic volume is invariant
613 + under a Hamiltonian flow, which is the basis for classical
614 + statistical mechanics. Furthermore, the flow of a Hamiltonian vector
615 + field on a symplectic manifold can be shown to be a
616 + symplectomorphism. As to the Poisson system,
617 + \begin{equation}
618 + {\varphi '}^T J \varphi ' = J \circ \varphi
619 + \end{equation}
620 + is the property that must be preserved by the integrator.
621 +
622 + It is possible to construct a \emph{volume-preserving} flow for a
623 + source free ODE ($ \nabla \cdot f = 0 $), if the flow satisfies $
624 + \det d\varphi  = 1$. One can show easily that a symplectic flow will
625 + be volume-preserving.
626 +
627 + Changing the variables $y = h(x)$ in an ODE
628 + (Eq.~\ref{introEquation:ODE}) will result in a new system,
629 + \[
630 + \dot y = \tilde f(y) = ((dh \cdot f)h^{ - 1} )(y).
631 + \]
632 + The vector filed $f$ has reversing symmetry $h$ if $f = - \tilde f$.
633 + In other words, the flow of this vector field is reversible if and
634 + only if $ h \circ \varphi ^{ - 1}  = \varphi  \circ h $.
635 +
636 + A \emph{first integral}, or conserved quantity of a general
637 + differential function is a function $ G:R^{2d}  \to R^d $ which is
638 + constant for all solutions of the ODE $\frac{{dx}}{{dt}} = f(x)$ ,
639 + \[
640 + \frac{{dG(x(t))}}{{dt}} = 0.
641 + \]
642 + Using chain rule, one may obtain,
643 + \[
644 + \sum\limits_i {\frac{{dG}}{{dx_i }}} f_i (x) = f \bullet \nabla G,
645 + \]
646 + which is the condition for conserving \emph{first integral}. For a
647 + canonical Hamiltonian system, the time evolution of an arbitrary
648 + smooth function $G$ is given by,
649 +
650 + \begin{eqnarray}
651 + \frac{{dG(x(t))}}{{dt}} & = & [\nabla _x G(x(t))]^T \dot x(t) \\
652 +                        & = & [\nabla _x G(x(t))]^T J\nabla _x H(x(t)). \\
653 + \label{introEquation:firstIntegral1}
654 + \end{eqnarray}
655 +
656 +
657 + Using poisson bracket notion, Equation
658 + \ref{introEquation:firstIntegral1} can be rewritten as
659 + \[
660 + \frac{d}{{dt}}G(x(t)) = \left\{ {G,H} \right\}(x(t)).
661 + \]
662 + Therefore, the sufficient condition for $G$ to be the \emph{first
663 + integral} of a Hamiltonian system is
664 + \[
665 + \left\{ {G,H} \right\} = 0.
666 + \]
667 + As well known, the Hamiltonian (or energy) H of a Hamiltonian system
668 + is a \emph{first integral}, which is due to the fact $\{ H,H\}  =
669 + 0$.
670 +
671 + When designing any numerical methods, one should always try to
672 + preserve the structural properties of the original ODE and its flow.
673 +
674 + \subsection{\label{introSection:constructionSymplectic}Construction of Symplectic Methods}
675 + A lot of well established and very effective numerical methods have
676 + been successful precisely because of their symplecticities even
677 + though this fact was not recognized when they were first
678 + constructed. The most famous example is the Verlet-leapfrog method
679 + in molecular dynamics. In general, symplectic integrators can be
680 + constructed using one of four different methods.
681 + \begin{enumerate}
682 + \item Generating functions
683 + \item Variational methods
684 + \item Runge-Kutta methods
685 + \item Splitting methods
686 + \end{enumerate}
687 +
688 + Generating function\cite{Channell1990} tends to lead to methods
689 + which are cumbersome and difficult to use. In dissipative systems,
690 + variational methods can capture the decay of energy
691 + accurately\cite{Kane2000}. Since their geometrically unstable nature
692 + against non-Hamiltonian perturbations, ordinary implicit Runge-Kutta
693 + methods are not suitable for Hamiltonian system. Recently, various
694 + high-order explicit Runge-Kutta methods
695 + \cite{Owren1992,Chen2003}have been developed to overcome this
696 + instability. However, due to computational penalty involved in
697 + implementing the Runge-Kutta methods, they have not attracted much
698 + attention from the Molecular Dynamics community. Instead, splitting
699 + methods have been widely accepted since they exploit natural
700 + decompositions of the system\cite{Tuckerman1992, McLachlan1998}.
701 +
702 + \subsubsection{\label{introSection:splittingMethod}\textbf{Splitting Methods}}
703 +
704 + The main idea behind splitting methods is to decompose the discrete
705 + $\varphi_h$ as a composition of simpler flows,
706 + \begin{equation}
707 + \varphi _h  = \varphi _{h_1 }  \circ \varphi _{h_2 }  \ldots  \circ
708 + \varphi _{h_n }
709 + \label{introEquation:FlowDecomposition}
710 + \end{equation}
711 + where each of the sub-flow is chosen such that each represent a
712 + simpler integration of the system.
713 +
714 + Suppose that a Hamiltonian system takes the form,
715 + \[
716 + H = H_1 + H_2.
717 + \]
718 + Here, $H_1$ and $H_2$ may represent different physical processes of
719 + the system. For instance, they may relate to kinetic and potential
720 + energy respectively, which is a natural decomposition of the
721 + problem. If $H_1$ and $H_2$ can be integrated using exact flows
722 + $\varphi_1(t)$ and $\varphi_2(t)$, respectively, a simple first
723 + order expression is then given by the Lie-Trotter formula
724 + \begin{equation}
725 + \varphi _h  = \varphi _{1,h}  \circ \varphi _{2,h},
726 + \label{introEquation:firstOrderSplitting}
727 + \end{equation}
728 + where $\varphi _h$ is the result of applying the corresponding
729 + continuous $\varphi _i$ over a time $h$. By definition, as
730 + $\varphi_i(t)$ is the exact solution of a Hamiltonian system, it
731 + must follow that each operator $\varphi_i(t)$ is a symplectic map.
732 + It is easy to show that any composition of symplectic flows yields a
733 + symplectic map,
734 + \begin{equation}
735 + (\varphi '\phi ')^T J\varphi '\phi ' = \phi '^T \varphi '^T J\varphi
736 + '\phi ' = \phi '^T J\phi ' = J,
737 + \label{introEquation:SymplecticFlowComposition}
738 + \end{equation}
739 + where $\phi$ and $\psi$ both are symplectic maps. Thus operator
740 + splitting in this context automatically generates a symplectic map.
741 +
742 + The Lie-Trotter splitting(\ref{introEquation:firstOrderSplitting})
743 + introduces local errors proportional to $h^2$, while Strang
744 + splitting gives a second-order decomposition,
745 + \begin{equation}
746 + \varphi _h  = \varphi _{1,h/2}  \circ \varphi _{2,h}  \circ \varphi
747 + _{1,h/2} , \label{introEquation:secondOrderSplitting}
748 + \end{equation}
749 + which has a local error proportional to $h^3$. The Sprang
750 + splitting's popularity in molecular simulation community attribute
751 + to its symmetric property,
752 + \begin{equation}
753 + \varphi _h^{ - 1} = \varphi _{ - h}.
754 + \label{introEquation:timeReversible}
755 + \end{equation},appendixFig:architecture
756 +
757 + \subsubsection{\label{introSection:exampleSplittingMethod}\textbf{Examples of the Splitting Method}}
758 + The classical equation for a system consisting of interacting
759 + particles can be written in Hamiltonian form,
760 + \[
761 + H = T + V
762 + \]
763 + where $T$ is the kinetic energy and $V$ is the potential energy.
764 + Setting $H_1 = T, H_2 = V$ and applying the Strang splitting, one
765 + obtains the following:
766 + \begin{align}
767 + q(\Delta t) &= q(0) + \dot{q}(0)\Delta t +
768 +    \frac{F[q(0)]}{m}\frac{\Delta t^2}{2}, %
769 + \label{introEquation:Lp10a} \\%
770 + %
771 + \dot{q}(\Delta t) &= \dot{q}(0) + \frac{\Delta t}{2m}
772 +    \biggl [F[q(0)] + F[q(\Delta t)] \biggr]. %
773 + \label{introEquation:Lp10b}
774 + \end{align}
775 + where $F(t)$ is the force at time $t$. This integration scheme is
776 + known as \emph{velocity verlet} which is
777 + symplectic(\ref{introEquation:SymplecticFlowComposition}),
778 + time-reversible(\ref{introEquation:timeReversible}) and
779 + volume-preserving (\ref{introEquation:volumePreserving}). These
780 + geometric properties attribute to its long-time stability and its
781 + popularity in the community. However, the most commonly used
782 + velocity verlet integration scheme is written as below,
783 + \begin{align}
784 + \dot{q}\biggl (\frac{\Delta t}{2}\biggr ) &=
785 +    \dot{q}(0) + \frac{\Delta t}{2m}\, F[q(0)], \label{introEquation:Lp9a}\\%
786 + %
787 + q(\Delta t) &= q(0) + \Delta t\, \dot{q}\biggl (\frac{\Delta t}{2}\biggr ),%
788 +    \label{introEquation:Lp9b}\\%
789 + %
790 + \dot{q}(\Delta t) &= \dot{q}\biggl (\frac{\Delta t}{2}\biggr ) +
791 +    \frac{\Delta t}{2m}\, F[q(t)]. \label{introEquation:Lp9c}
792 + \end{align}
793 + From the preceding splitting, one can see that the integration of
794 + the equations of motion would follow:
795 + \begin{enumerate}
796 + \item calculate the velocities at the half step, $\frac{\Delta t}{2}$, from the forces calculated at the initial position.
797 +
798 + \item Use the half step velocities to move positions one whole step, $\Delta t$.
799 +
800 + \item Evaluate the forces at the new positions, $\mathbf{q}(\Delta t)$, and use the new forces to complete the velocity move.
801 +
802 + \item Repeat from step 1 with the new position, velocities, and forces assuming the roles of the initial values.
803 + \end{enumerate}
804 +
805 + By simply switching the order of the propagators in the splitting
806 + and composing a new integrator, the \emph{position verlet}
807 + integrator, can be generated,
808 + \begin{align}
809 + \dot q(\Delta t) &= \dot q(0) + \Delta tF(q(0))\left[ {q(0) +
810 + \frac{{\Delta t}}{{2m}}\dot q(0)} \right], %
811 + \label{introEquation:positionVerlet1} \\%
812 + %
813 + q(\Delta t) &= q(0) + \frac{{\Delta t}}{2}\left[ {\dot q(0) + \dot
814 + q(\Delta t)} \right]. %
815 + \label{introEquation:positionVerlet2}
816 + \end{align}
817 +
818 + \subsubsection{\label{introSection:errorAnalysis}\textbf{Error Analysis and Higher Order Methods}}
819 +
820 + The Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula can be used to determine the
821 + local error of splitting method in terms of the commutator of the
822 + operators(\ref{introEquation:exponentialOperator}) associated with
823 + the sub-flow. For operators $hX$ and $hY$ which are associated with
824 + $\varphi_1(t)$ and $\varphi_2(t)$ respectively , we have
825 + \begin{equation}
826 + \exp (hX + hY) = \exp (hZ)
827 + \end{equation}
828 + where
829 + \begin{equation}
830 + hZ = hX + hY + \frac{{h^2 }}{2}[X,Y] + \frac{{h^3 }}{2}\left(
831 + {[X,[X,Y]] + [Y,[Y,X]]} \right) +  \ldots .
832 + \end{equation}
833 + Here, $[X,Y]$ is the commutators of operator $X$ and $Y$ given by
834 + \[
835 + [X,Y] = XY - YX .
836 + \]
837 + Applying the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula\cite{Varadarajan1974}
838 + to the Sprang splitting, we can obtain
839 + \begin{eqnarray*}
840 + \exp (h X/2)\exp (h Y)\exp (h X/2) & = & \exp (h X + h Y + h^2 [X,Y]/4 + h^2 [Y,X]/4 \\
841 +                                   &   & \mbox{} + h^2 [X,X]/8 + h^2 [Y,Y]/8 \\
842 +                                   &   & \mbox{} + h^3 [Y,[Y,X]]/12 - h^3[X,[X,Y]]/24 + \ldots )
843 + \end{eqnarray*}
844 + Since \[ [X,Y] + [Y,X] = 0\] and \[ [X,X] = 0,\] the dominant local
845 + error of Spring splitting is proportional to $h^3$. The same
846 + procedure can be applied to a general splitting,  of the form
847 + \begin{equation}
848 + \varphi _{b_m h}^2  \circ \varphi _{a_m h}^1  \circ \varphi _{b_{m -
849 + 1} h}^2  \circ  \ldots  \circ \varphi _{a_1 h}^1 .
850 + \end{equation}
851 + A careful choice of coefficient $a_1 \ldots b_m$ will lead to higher
852 + order methods. Yoshida proposed an elegant way to compose higher
853 + order methods based on symmetric splitting\cite{Yoshida1990}. Given
854 + a symmetric second order base method $ \varphi _h^{(2)} $, a
855 + fourth-order symmetric method can be constructed by composing,
856 + \[
857 + \varphi _h^{(4)}  = \varphi _{\alpha h}^{(2)}  \circ \varphi _{\beta
858 + h}^{(2)}  \circ \varphi _{\alpha h}^{(2)}
859 + \]
860 + where $ \alpha  =  - \frac{{2^{1/3} }}{{2 - 2^{1/3} }}$ and $ \beta
861 + = \frac{{2^{1/3} }}{{2 - 2^{1/3} }}$. Moreover, a symmetric
862 + integrator $ \varphi _h^{(2n + 2)}$ can be composed by
863 + \begin{equation}
864 + \varphi _h^{(2n + 2)}  = \varphi _{\alpha h}^{(2n)}  \circ \varphi
865 + _{\beta h}^{(2n)}  \circ \varphi _{\alpha h}^{(2n)},
866 + \end{equation}
867 + if the weights are chosen as
868 + \[
869 + \alpha  =  - \frac{{2^{1/(2n + 1)} }}{{2 - 2^{1/(2n + 1)} }},\beta =
870 + \frac{{2^{1/(2n + 1)} }}{{2 - 2^{1/(2n + 1)} }} .
871 + \]
872 +
873 + \section{\label{introSection:molecularDynamics}Molecular Dynamics}
874 +
875 + As one of the principal tools of molecular modeling, Molecular
876 + dynamics has proven to be a powerful tool for studying the functions
877 + of biological systems, providing structural, thermodynamic and
878 + dynamical information. The basic idea of molecular dynamics is that
879 + macroscopic properties are related to microscopic behavior and
880 + microscopic behavior can be calculated from the trajectories in
881 + simulations. For instance, instantaneous temperature of an
882 + Hamiltonian system of $N$ particle can be measured by
883 + \[
884 + T = \sum\limits_{i = 1}^N {\frac{{m_i v_i^2 }}{{fk_B }}}
885 + \]
886 + where $m_i$ and $v_i$ are the mass and velocity of $i$th particle
887 + respectively, $f$ is the number of degrees of freedom, and $k_B$ is
888 + the boltzman constant.
889 +
890 + A typical molecular dynamics run consists of three essential steps:
891 + \begin{enumerate}
892 +  \item Initialization
893 +    \begin{enumerate}
894 +    \item Preliminary preparation
895 +    \item Minimization
896 +    \item Heating
897 +    \item Equilibration
898 +    \end{enumerate}
899 +  \item Production
900 +  \item Analysis
901 + \end{enumerate}
902 + These three individual steps will be covered in the following
903 + sections. Sec.~\ref{introSec:initialSystemSettings} deals with the
904 + initialization of a simulation. Sec.~\ref{introSection:production}
905 + will discusse issues in production run.
906 + Sec.~\ref{introSection:Analysis} provides the theoretical tools for
907 + trajectory analysis.
908 +
909 + \subsection{\label{introSec:initialSystemSettings}Initialization}
910 +
911 + \subsubsection{\textbf{Preliminary preparation}}
912 +
913 + When selecting the starting structure of a molecule for molecular
914 + simulation, one may retrieve its Cartesian coordinates from public
915 + databases, such as RCSB Protein Data Bank \textit{etc}. Although
916 + thousands of crystal structures of molecules are discovered every
917 + year, many more remain unknown due to the difficulties of
918 + purification and crystallization. Even for molecules with known
919 + structure, some important information is missing. For example, a
920 + missing hydrogen atom which acts as donor in hydrogen bonding must
921 + be added. Moreover, in order to include electrostatic interaction,
922 + one may need to specify the partial charges for individual atoms.
923 + Under some circumstances, we may even need to prepare the system in
924 + a special configuration. For instance, when studying transport
925 + phenomenon in membrane systems, we may prepare the lipids in a
926 + bilayer structure instead of placing lipids randomly in solvent,
927 + since we are not interested in the slow self-aggregation process.
928 +
929 + \subsubsection{\textbf{Minimization}}
930 +
931 + It is quite possible that some of molecules in the system from
932 + preliminary preparation may be overlapping with each other. This
933 + close proximity leads to high initial potential energy which
934 + consequently jeopardizes any molecular dynamics simulations. To
935 + remove these steric overlaps, one typically performs energy
936 + minimization to find a more reasonable conformation. Several energy
937 + minimization methods have been developed to exploit the energy
938 + surface and to locate the local minimum. While converging slowly
939 + near the minimum, steepest descent method is extremely robust when
940 + systems are strongly anharmonic. Thus, it is often used to refine
941 + structure from crystallographic data. Relied on the gradient or
942 + hessian, advanced methods like Newton-Raphson converge rapidly to a
943 + local minimum, but become unstable if the energy surface is far from
944 + quadratic. Another factor that must be taken into account, when
945 + choosing energy minimization method, is the size of the system.
946 + Steepest descent and conjugate gradient can deal with models of any
947 + size. Because of the limits on computer memory to store the hessian
948 + matrix and the computing power needed to diagonalized these
949 + matrices, most Newton-Raphson methods can not be used with very
950 + large systems.
951 +
952 + \subsubsection{\textbf{Heating}}
953 +
954 + Typically, Heating is performed by assigning random velocities
955 + according to a Maxwell-Boltzman distribution for a desired
956 + temperature. Beginning at a lower temperature and gradually
957 + increasing the temperature by assigning larger random velocities, we
958 + end up with setting the temperature of the system to a final
959 + temperature at which the simulation will be conducted. In heating
960 + phase, we should also keep the system from drifting or rotating as a
961 + whole. To do this, the net linear momentum and angular momentum of
962 + the system is shifted to zero after each resampling from the Maxwell
963 + -Boltzman distribution.
964 +
965 + \subsubsection{\textbf{Equilibration}}
966 +
967 + The purpose of equilibration is to allow the system to evolve
968 + spontaneously for a period of time and reach equilibrium. The
969 + procedure is continued until various statistical properties, such as
970 + temperature, pressure, energy, volume and other structural
971 + properties \textit{etc}, become independent of time. Strictly
972 + speaking, minimization and heating are not necessary, provided the
973 + equilibration process is long enough. However, these steps can serve
974 + as a means to arrive at an equilibrated structure in an effective
975 + way.
976 +
977 + \subsection{\label{introSection:production}Production}
978 +
979 + The production run is the most important step of the simulation, in
980 + which the equilibrated structure is used as a starting point and the
981 + motions of the molecules are collected for later analysis. In order
982 + to capture the macroscopic properties of the system, the molecular
983 + dynamics simulation must be performed by sampling correctly and
984 + efficiently from the relevant thermodynamic ensemble.
985 +
986 + The most expensive part of a molecular dynamics simulation is the
987 + calculation of non-bonded forces, such as van der Waals force and
988 + Coulombic forces \textit{etc}. For a system of $N$ particles, the
989 + complexity of the algorithm for pair-wise interactions is $O(N^2 )$,
990 + which making large simulations prohibitive in the absence of any
991 + algorithmic tricks.
992 +
993 + A natural approach to avoid system size issues is to represent the
994 + bulk behavior by a finite number of the particles. However, this
995 + approach will suffer from the surface effect at the edges of the
996 + simulation. To offset this, \textit{Periodic boundary conditions}
997 + (see Fig.~\ref{introFig:pbc}) is developed to simulate bulk
998 + properties with a relatively small number of particles. In this
999 + method, the simulation box is replicated throughout space to form an
1000 + infinite lattice. During the simulation, when a particle moves in
1001 + the primary cell, its image in other cells move in exactly the same
1002 + direction with exactly the same orientation. Thus, as a particle
1003 + leaves the primary cell, one of its images will enter through the
1004 + opposite face.
1005 + \begin{figure}
1006 + \centering
1007 + \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{pbc.eps}
1008 + \caption[An illustration of periodic boundary conditions]{A 2-D
1009 + illustration of periodic boundary conditions. As one particle leaves
1010 + the left of the simulation box, an image of it enters the right.}
1011 + \label{introFig:pbc}
1012 + \end{figure}
1013 +
1014 + %cutoff and minimum image convention
1015 + Another important technique to improve the efficiency of force
1016 + evaluation is to apply spherical cutoff where particles farther than
1017 + a predetermined distance are not included in the calculation
1018 + \cite{Frenkel1996}. The use of a cutoff radius will cause a
1019 + discontinuity in the potential energy curve. Fortunately, one can
1020 + shift simple radial potential to ensure the potential curve go
1021 + smoothly to zero at the cutoff radius. The cutoff strategy works
1022 + well for Lennard-Jones interaction because of its short range
1023 + nature. However, simply truncating the electrostatic interaction
1024 + with the use of cutoffs has been shown to lead to severe artifacts
1025 + in simulations. The Ewald summation, in which the slowly decaying
1026 + Coulomb potential is transformed into direct and reciprocal sums
1027 + with rapid and absolute convergence, has proved to minimize the
1028 + periodicity artifacts in liquid simulations. Taking the advantages
1029 + of the fast Fourier transform (FFT) for calculating discrete Fourier
1030 + transforms, the particle mesh-based
1031 + methods\cite{Hockney1981,Shimada1993, Luty1994} are accelerated from
1032 + $O(N^{3/2})$ to $O(N logN)$. An alternative approach is the
1033 + \emph{fast multipole method}\cite{Greengard1987, Greengard1994},
1034 + which treats Coulombic interactions exactly at short range, and
1035 + approximate the potential at long range through multipolar
1036 + expansion. In spite of their wide acceptance at the molecular
1037 + simulation community, these two methods are difficult to implement
1038 + correctly and efficiently. Instead, we use a damped and
1039 + charge-neutralized Coulomb potential method developed by Wolf and
1040 + his coworkers\cite{Wolf1999}. The shifted Coulomb potential for
1041 + particle $i$ and particle $j$ at distance $r_{rj}$ is given by:
1042 + \begin{equation}
1043 + V(r_{ij})= \frac{q_i q_j \textrm{erfc}(\alpha
1044 + r_{ij})}{r_{ij}}-\lim_{r_{ij}\rightarrow
1045 + R_\textrm{c}}\left\{\frac{q_iq_j \textrm{erfc}(\alpha
1046 + r_{ij})}{r_{ij}}\right\}. \label{introEquation:shiftedCoulomb}
1047 + \end{equation}
1048 + where $\alpha$ is the convergence parameter. Due to the lack of
1049 + inherent periodicity and rapid convergence,this method is extremely
1050 + efficient and easy to implement.
1051 + \begin{figure}
1052 + \centering
1053 + \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{shifted_coulomb.eps}
1054 + \caption[An illustration of shifted Coulomb potential]{An
1055 + illustration of shifted Coulomb potential.}
1056 + \label{introFigure:shiftedCoulomb}
1057 + \end{figure}
1058 +
1059 + %multiple time step
1060 +
1061 + \subsection{\label{introSection:Analysis} Analysis}
1062 +
1063 + Recently, advanced visualization technique have become applied to
1064 + monitor the motions of molecules. Although the dynamics of the
1065 + system can be described qualitatively from animation, quantitative
1066 + trajectory analysis are more useful. According to the principles of
1067 + Statistical Mechanics, Sec.~\ref{introSection:statisticalMechanics},
1068 + one can compute thermodynamic properties, analyze fluctuations of
1069 + structural parameters, and investigate time-dependent processes of
1070 + the molecule from the trajectories.
1071 +
1072 + \subsubsection{\label{introSection:thermodynamicsProperties}\textbf{Thermodynamic Properties}}
1073 +
1074 + Thermodynamic properties, which can be expressed in terms of some
1075 + function of the coordinates and momenta of all particles in the
1076 + system, can be directly computed from molecular dynamics. The usual
1077 + way to measure the pressure is based on virial theorem of Clausius
1078 + which states that the virial is equal to $-3Nk_BT$. For a system
1079 + with forces between particles, the total virial, $W$, contains the
1080 + contribution from external pressure and interaction between the
1081 + particles:
1082 + \[
1083 + W =  - 3PV + \left\langle {\sum\limits_{i < j} {r{}_{ij} \cdot
1084 + f_{ij} } } \right\rangle
1085 + \]
1086 + where $f_{ij}$ is the force between particle $i$ and $j$ at a
1087 + distance $r_{ij}$. Thus, the expression for the pressure is given
1088 + by:
1089 + \begin{equation}
1090 + P = \frac{{Nk_B T}}{V} - \frac{1}{{3V}}\left\langle {\sum\limits_{i
1091 + < j} {r{}_{ij} \cdot f_{ij} } } \right\rangle
1092 + \end{equation}
1093 +
1094 + \subsubsection{\label{introSection:structuralProperties}\textbf{Structural Properties}}
1095 +
1096 + Structural Properties of a simple fluid can be described by a set of
1097 + distribution functions. Among these functions,the \emph{pair
1098 + distribution function}, also known as \emph{radial distribution
1099 + function}, is of most fundamental importance to liquid theory.
1100 + Experimentally, pair distribution function can be gathered by
1101 + Fourier transforming raw data from a series of neutron diffraction
1102 + experiments and integrating over the surface factor
1103 + \cite{Powles1973}. The experimental results can serve as a criterion
1104 + to justify the correctness of a liquid model. Moreover, various
1105 + equilibrium thermodynamic and structural properties can also be
1106 + expressed in terms of radial distribution function \cite{Allen1987}.
1107 +
1108 + The pair distribution functions $g(r)$ gives the probability that a
1109 + particle $i$ will be located at a distance $r$ from a another
1110 + particle $j$ in the system
1111 + \[
1112 + g(r) = \frac{V}{{N^2 }}\left\langle {\sum\limits_i {\sum\limits_{j
1113 + \ne i} {\delta (r - r_{ij} )} } } \right\rangle = \fract{\rho
1114 + (r)}{\rho}.
1115 + \]
1116 + Note that the delta function can be replaced by a histogram in
1117 + computer simulation. Figure
1118 + \ref{introFigure:pairDistributionFunction} shows a typical pair
1119 + distribution function for the liquid argon system. The occurrence of
1120 + several peaks in the plot of $g(r)$ suggests that it is more likely
1121 + to find particles at certain radial values than at others. This is a
1122 + result of the attractive interaction at such distances. Because of
1123 + the strong repulsive forces at short distance, the probability of
1124 + locating particles at distances less than about 3.7{\AA} from each
1125 + other is essentially zero.
1126 +
1127 + %\begin{figure}
1128 + %\centering
1129 + %\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{pdf.eps}
1130 + %\caption[Pair distribution function for the liquid argon
1131 + %]{Pair distribution function for the liquid argon}
1132 + %\label{introFigure:pairDistributionFunction}
1133 + %\end{figure}
1134 +
1135 + \subsubsection{\label{introSection:timeDependentProperties}\textbf{Time-dependent
1136 + Properties}}
1137 +
1138 + Time-dependent properties are usually calculated using \emph{time
1139 + correlation functions}, which correlate random variables $A$ and $B$
1140 + at two different times,
1141 + \begin{equation}
1142 + C_{AB} (t) = \left\langle {A(t)B(0)} \right\rangle.
1143 + \label{introEquation:timeCorrelationFunction}
1144 + \end{equation}
1145 + If $A$ and $B$ refer to same variable, this kind of correlation
1146 + function is called an \emph{autocorrelation function}. One example
1147 + of an auto correlation function is the velocity auto-correlation
1148 + function which is directly related to transport properties of
1149 + molecular liquids:
1150 + \[
1151 + D = \frac{1}{3}\int\limits_0^\infty  {\left\langle {v(t) \cdot v(0)}
1152 + \right\rangle } dt
1153 + \]
1154 + where $D$ is diffusion constant. Unlike the velocity autocorrelation
1155 + function, which is averaging over time origins and over all the
1156 + atoms, the dipole autocorrelation functions are calculated for the
1157 + entire system. The dipole autocorrelation function is given by:
1158 + \[
1159 + c_{dipole}  = \left\langle {u_{tot} (t) \cdot u_{tot} (t)}
1160 + \right\rangle
1161 + \]
1162 + Here $u_{tot}$ is the net dipole of the entire system and is given
1163 + by
1164 + \[
1165 + u_{tot} (t) = \sum\limits_i {u_i (t)}
1166 + \]
1167 + In principle, many time correlation functions can be related with
1168 + Fourier transforms of the infrared, Raman, and inelastic neutron
1169 + scattering spectra of molecular liquids. In practice, one can
1170 + extract the IR spectrum from the intensity of dipole fluctuation at
1171 + each frequency using the following relationship:
1172 + \[
1173 + \hat c_{dipole} (v) = \int_{ - \infty }^\infty  {c_{dipole} (t)e^{ -
1174 + i2\pi vt} dt}
1175 + \]
1176 +
1177   \section{\label{introSection:rigidBody}Dynamics of Rigid Bodies}
1178  
1179 < \section{\label{introSection:correlationFunctions}Correlation Functions}
1179 > Rigid bodies are frequently involved in the modeling of different
1180 > areas, from engineering, physics, to chemistry. For example,
1181 > missiles and vehicle are usually modeled by rigid bodies.  The
1182 > movement of the objects in 3D gaming engine or other physics
1183 > simulator is governed by rigid body dynamics. In molecular
1184 > simulations, rigid bodies are used to simplify protein-protein
1185 > docking studies\cite{Gray2003}.
1186  
1187 < \section{\label{introSection:langevinDynamics}Langevin Dynamics}
1187 > It is very important to develop stable and efficient methods to
1188 > integrate the equations of motion for orientational degrees of
1189 > freedom. Euler angles are the natural choice to describe the
1190 > rotational degrees of freedom. However, due to $\frac {1}{sin
1191 > \theta}$ singularities, the numerical integration of corresponding
1192 > equations of motion is very inefficient and inaccurate. Although an
1193 > alternative integrator using multiple sets of Euler angles can
1194 > overcome this difficulty\cite{Barojas1973}, the computational
1195 > penalty and the loss of angular momentum conservation still remain.
1196 > A singularity-free representation utilizing quaternions was
1197 > developed by Evans in 1977\cite{Evans1977}. Unfortunately, this
1198 > approach uses a nonseparable Hamiltonian resulting from the
1199 > quaternion representation, which prevents the symplectic algorithm
1200 > to be utilized. Another different approach is to apply holonomic
1201 > constraints to the atoms belonging to the rigid body. Each atom
1202 > moves independently under the normal forces deriving from potential
1203 > energy and constraint forces which are used to guarantee the
1204 > rigidness. However, due to their iterative nature, the SHAKE and
1205 > Rattle algorithms also converge very slowly when the number of
1206 > constraints increases\cite{Ryckaert1977, Andersen1983}.
1207  
1208 < \subsection{\label{introSection:generalizedLangevinDynamics}Generalized Langevin Dynamics}
1208 > A break-through in geometric literature suggests that, in order to
1209 > develop a long-term integration scheme, one should preserve the
1210 > symplectic structure of the flow. By introducing a conjugate
1211 > momentum to the rotation matrix $Q$ and re-formulating Hamiltonian's
1212 > equation, a symplectic integrator, RSHAKE\cite{Kol1997}, was
1213 > proposed to evolve the Hamiltonian system in a constraint manifold
1214 > by iteratively satisfying the orthogonality constraint $Q^T Q = 1$.
1215 > An alternative method using the quaternion representation was
1216 > developed by Omelyan\cite{Omelyan1998}. However, both of these
1217 > methods are iterative and inefficient. In this section, we descibe a
1218 > symplectic Lie-Poisson integrator for rigid body developed by
1219 > Dullweber and his coworkers\cite{Dullweber1997} in depth.
1220  
1221 < \subsection{\label{introSection:hydroynamics}Hydrodynamics}
1221 > \subsection{\label{introSection:constrainedHamiltonianRB}Constrained Hamiltonian for Rigid Bodies}
1222 > The motion of a rigid body is Hamiltonian with the Hamiltonian
1223 > function
1224 > \begin{equation}
1225 > H = \frac{1}{2}(p^T m^{ - 1} p) + \frac{1}{2}tr(PJ^{ - 1} P) +
1226 > V(q,Q) + \frac{1}{2}tr[(QQ^T  - 1)\Lambda ].
1227 > \label{introEquation:RBHamiltonian}
1228 > \end{equation}
1229 > Here, $q$ and $Q$  are the position and rotation matrix for the
1230 > rigid-body, $p$ and $P$  are conjugate momenta to $q$  and $Q$ , and
1231 > $J$, a diagonal matrix, is defined by
1232 > \[
1233 > I_{ii}^{ - 1}  = \frac{1}{2}\sum\limits_{i \ne j} {J_{jj}^{ - 1} }
1234 > \]
1235 > where $I_{ii}$ is the diagonal element of the inertia tensor. This
1236 > constrained Hamiltonian equation is subjected to a holonomic
1237 > constraint,
1238 > \begin{equation}
1239 > Q^T Q = 1, \label{introEquation:orthogonalConstraint}
1240 > \end{equation}
1241 > which is used to ensure rotation matrix's unitarity. Differentiating
1242 > \ref{introEquation:orthogonalConstraint} and using Equation
1243 > \ref{introEquation:RBMotionMomentum}, one may obtain,
1244 > \begin{equation}
1245 > Q^T PJ^{ - 1}  + J^{ - 1} P^T Q = 0 . \\
1246 > \label{introEquation:RBFirstOrderConstraint}
1247 > \end{equation}
1248 >
1249 > Using Equation (\ref{introEquation:motionHamiltonianCoordinate},
1250 > \ref{introEquation:motionHamiltonianMomentum}), one can write down
1251 > the equations of motion,
1252 >
1253 > \begin{eqnarray}
1254 > \frac{{dq}}{{dt}} & = & \frac{p}{m} \label{introEquation:RBMotionPosition}\\
1255 > \frac{{dp}}{{dt}} & = & - \nabla _q V(q,Q) \label{introEquation:RBMotionMomentum}\\
1256 > \frac{{dQ}}{{dt}} & = & PJ^{ - 1}  \label{introEquation:RBMotionRotation}\\
1257 > \frac{{dP}}{{dt}} & = & - \nabla _Q V(q,Q) - 2Q\Lambda . \label{introEquation:RBMotionP}
1258 > \end{eqnarray}
1259 >
1260 > In general, there are two ways to satisfy the holonomic constraints.
1261 > We can use a constraint force provided by a Lagrange multiplier on
1262 > the normal manifold to keep the motion on constraint space. Or we
1263 > can simply evolve the system on the constraint manifold. These two
1264 > methods have been proved to be equivalent. The holonomic constraint
1265 > and equations of motions define a constraint manifold for rigid
1266 > bodies
1267 > \[
1268 > M = \left\{ {(Q,P):Q^T Q = 1,Q^T PJ^{ - 1}  + J^{ - 1} P^T Q = 0}
1269 > \right\}.
1270 > \]
1271 >
1272 > Unfortunately, this constraint manifold is not the cotangent bundle
1273 > $T_{\star}SO(3)$. However, it turns out that under symplectic
1274 > transformation, the cotangent space and the phase space are
1275 > diffeomorphic. By introducing
1276 > \[
1277 > \tilde Q = Q,\tilde P = \frac{1}{2}\left( {P - QP^T Q} \right),
1278 > \]
1279 > the mechanical system subject to a holonomic constraint manifold $M$
1280 > can be re-formulated as a Hamiltonian system on the cotangent space
1281 > \[
1282 > T^* SO(3) = \left\{ {(\tilde Q,\tilde P):\tilde Q^T \tilde Q =
1283 > 1,\tilde Q^T \tilde PJ^{ - 1}  + J^{ - 1} P^T \tilde Q = 0} \right\}
1284 > \]
1285 >
1286 > For a body fixed vector $X_i$ with respect to the center of mass of
1287 > the rigid body, its corresponding lab fixed vector $X_0^{lab}$  is
1288 > given as
1289 > \begin{equation}
1290 > X_i^{lab} = Q X_i + q.
1291 > \end{equation}
1292 > Therefore, potential energy $V(q,Q)$ is defined by
1293 > \[
1294 > V(q,Q) = V(Q X_0 + q).
1295 > \]
1296 > Hence, the force and torque are given by
1297 > \[
1298 > \nabla _q V(q,Q) = F(q,Q) = \sum\limits_i {F_i (q,Q)},
1299 > \]
1300 > and
1301 > \[
1302 > \nabla _Q V(q,Q) = F(q,Q)X_i^t
1303 > \]
1304 > respectively.
1305 >
1306 > As a common choice to describe the rotation dynamics of the rigid
1307 > body, the angular momentum on the body fixed frame $\Pi  = Q^t P$ is
1308 > introduced to rewrite the equations of motion,
1309 > \begin{equation}
1310 > \begin{array}{l}
1311 > \mathop \Pi \limits^ \bullet   = J^{ - 1} \Pi ^T \Pi  + Q^T \sum\limits_i {F_i (q,Q)X_i^T }  - \Lambda  \\
1312 > \mathop Q\limits^{{\rm{   }} \bullet }  = Q\Pi {\rm{ }}J^{ - 1}  \\
1313 > \end{array}
1314 > \label{introEqaution:RBMotionPI}
1315 > \end{equation}
1316 > , as well as holonomic constraints,
1317 > \[
1318 > \begin{array}{l}
1319 > \Pi J^{ - 1}  + J^{ - 1} \Pi ^t  = 0 \\
1320 > Q^T Q = 1 \\
1321 > \end{array}
1322 > \]
1323 >
1324 > For a vector $v(v_1 ,v_2 ,v_3 ) \in R^3$ and a matrix $\hat v \in
1325 > so(3)^ \star$, the hat-map isomorphism,
1326 > \begin{equation}
1327 > v(v_1 ,v_2 ,v_3 ) \Leftrightarrow \hat v = \left(
1328 > {\begin{array}{*{20}c}
1329 >   0 & { - v_3 } & {v_2 }  \\
1330 >   {v_3 } & 0 & { - v_1 }  \\
1331 >   { - v_2 } & {v_1 } & 0  \\
1332 > \end{array}} \right),
1333 > \label{introEquation:hatmapIsomorphism}
1334 > \end{equation}
1335 > will let us associate the matrix products with traditional vector
1336 > operations
1337 > \[
1338 > \hat vu = v \times u
1339 > \]
1340 > Using \ref{introEqaution:RBMotionPI}, one can construct a skew
1341 > matrix,
1342 > \begin{equation}
1343 > (\mathop \Pi \limits^ \bullet   - \mathop \Pi \limits^ {\bullet  ^T}
1344 > ){\rm{ }} = {\rm{ }}(\Pi  - \Pi ^T ){\rm{ }}(J^{ - 1} \Pi  + \Pi J^{
1345 > - 1} ) + \sum\limits_i {[Q^T F_i (r,Q)X_i^T  - X_i F_i (r,Q)^T Q]} -
1346 > (\Lambda  - \Lambda ^T ) . \label{introEquation:skewMatrixPI}
1347 > \end{equation}
1348 > Since $\Lambda$ is symmetric, the last term of Equation
1349 > \ref{introEquation:skewMatrixPI} is zero, which implies the Lagrange
1350 > multiplier $\Lambda$ is absent from the equations of motion. This
1351 > unique property eliminates the requirement of iterations which can
1352 > not be avoided in other methods\cite{Kol1997, Omelyan1998}.
1353 >
1354 > Applying the hat-map isomorphism, we obtain the equation of motion
1355 > for angular momentum on body frame
1356 > \begin{equation}
1357 > \dot \pi  = \pi  \times I^{ - 1} \pi  + \sum\limits_i {\left( {Q^T
1358 > F_i (r,Q)} \right) \times X_i }.
1359 > \label{introEquation:bodyAngularMotion}
1360 > \end{equation}
1361 > In the same manner, the equation of motion for rotation matrix is
1362 > given by
1363 > \[
1364 > \dot Q = Qskew(I^{ - 1} \pi )
1365 > \]
1366 >
1367 > \subsection{\label{introSection:SymplecticFreeRB}Symplectic
1368 > Lie-Poisson Integrator for Free Rigid Body}
1369 >
1370 > If there are no external forces exerted on the rigid body, the only
1371 > contribution to the rotational motion is from the kinetic energy
1372 > (the first term of \ref{introEquation:bodyAngularMotion}). The free
1373 > rigid body is an example of a Lie-Poisson system with Hamiltonian
1374 > function
1375 > \begin{equation}
1376 > T^r (\pi ) = T_1 ^r (\pi _1 ) + T_2^r (\pi _2 ) + T_3^r (\pi _3 )
1377 > \label{introEquation:rotationalKineticRB}
1378 > \end{equation}
1379 > where $T_i^r (\pi _i ) = \frac{{\pi _i ^2 }}{{2I_i }}$ and
1380 > Lie-Poisson structure matrix,
1381 > \begin{equation}
1382 > J(\pi ) = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c}
1383 >   0 & {\pi _3 } & { - \pi _2 }  \\
1384 >   { - \pi _3 } & 0 & {\pi _1 }  \\
1385 >   {\pi _2 } & { - \pi _1 } & 0  \\
1386 > \end{array}} \right)
1387 > \end{equation}
1388 > Thus, the dynamics of free rigid body is governed by
1389 > \begin{equation}
1390 > \frac{d}{{dt}}\pi  = J(\pi )\nabla _\pi  T^r (\pi )
1391 > \end{equation}
1392 >
1393 > One may notice that each $T_i^r$ in Equation
1394 > \ref{introEquation:rotationalKineticRB} can be solved exactly. For
1395 > instance, the equations of motion due to $T_1^r$ are given by
1396 > \begin{equation}
1397 > \frac{d}{{dt}}\pi  = R_1 \pi ,\frac{d}{{dt}}Q = QR_1
1398 > \label{introEqaution:RBMotionSingleTerm}
1399 > \end{equation}
1400 > where
1401 > \[ R_1  = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c}
1402 >   0 & 0 & 0  \\
1403 >   0 & 0 & {\pi _1 }  \\
1404 >   0 & { - \pi _1 } & 0  \\
1405 > \end{array}} \right).
1406 > \]
1407 > The solutions of Equation \ref{introEqaution:RBMotionSingleTerm} is
1408 > \[
1409 > \pi (\Delta t) = e^{\Delta tR_1 } \pi (0),Q(\Delta t) =
1410 > Q(0)e^{\Delta tR_1 }
1411 > \]
1412 > with
1413 > \[
1414 > e^{\Delta tR_1 }  = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c}
1415 >   0 & 0 & 0  \\
1416 >   0 & {\cos \theta _1 } & {\sin \theta _1 }  \\
1417 >   0 & { - \sin \theta _1 } & {\cos \theta _1 }  \\
1418 > \end{array}} \right),\theta _1  = \frac{{\pi _1 }}{{I_1 }}\Delta t.
1419 > \]
1420 > To reduce the cost of computing expensive functions in $e^{\Delta
1421 > tR_1 }$, we can use Cayley transformation to obtain a single-aixs
1422 > propagator,
1423 > \[
1424 > e^{\Delta tR_1 }  \approx (1 - \Delta tR_1 )^{ - 1} (1 + \Delta tR_1
1425 > )
1426 > \]
1427 > The flow maps for $T_2^r$ and $T_3^r$ can be found in the same
1428 > manner. In order to construct a second-order symplectic method, we
1429 > split the angular kinetic Hamiltonian function can into five terms
1430 > \[
1431 > T^r (\pi ) = \frac{1}{2}T_1 ^r (\pi _1 ) + \frac{1}{2}T_2^r (\pi _2
1432 > ) + T_3^r (\pi _3 ) + \frac{1}{2}T_2^r (\pi _2 ) + \frac{1}{2}T_1 ^r
1433 > (\pi _1 ).
1434 > \]
1435 > By concatenating the propagators corresponding to these five terms,
1436 > we can obtain an symplectic integrator,
1437 > \[
1438 > \varphi _{\Delta t,T^r }  = \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi _1 }  \circ
1439 > \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi _2 }  \circ \varphi _{\Delta t,\pi _3 }
1440 > \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi _2 }  \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi
1441 > _1 }.
1442 > \]
1443 >
1444 > The non-canonical Lie-Poisson bracket ${F, G}$ of two function
1445 > $F(\pi )$ and $G(\pi )$ is defined by
1446 > \[
1447 > \{ F,G\} (\pi ) = [\nabla _\pi  F(\pi )]^T J(\pi )\nabla _\pi  G(\pi
1448 > )
1449 > \]
1450 > If the Poisson bracket of a function $F$ with an arbitrary smooth
1451 > function $G$ is zero, $F$ is a \emph{Casimir}, which is the
1452 > conserved quantity in Poisson system. We can easily verify that the
1453 > norm of the angular momentum, $\parallel \pi
1454 > \parallel$, is a \emph{Casimir}. Let$ F(\pi ) = S(\frac{{\parallel
1455 > \pi \parallel ^2 }}{2})$ for an arbitrary function $ S:R \to R$ ,
1456 > then by the chain rule
1457 > \[
1458 > \nabla _\pi  F(\pi ) = S'(\frac{{\parallel \pi \parallel ^2
1459 > }}{2})\pi
1460 > \]
1461 > Thus $ [\nabla _\pi  F(\pi )]^T J(\pi ) =  - S'(\frac{{\parallel \pi
1462 > \parallel ^2 }}{2})\pi  \times \pi  = 0 $. This explicit
1463 > Lie-Poisson integrator is found to be both extremely efficient and
1464 > stable. These properties can be explained by the fact the small
1465 > angle approximation is used and the norm of the angular momentum is
1466 > conserved.
1467 >
1468 > \subsection{\label{introSection:RBHamiltonianSplitting} Hamiltonian
1469 > Splitting for Rigid Body}
1470 >
1471 > The Hamiltonian of rigid body can be separated in terms of kinetic
1472 > energy and potential energy,
1473 > \[
1474 > H = T(p,\pi ) + V(q,Q)
1475 > \]
1476 > The equations of motion corresponding to potential energy and
1477 > kinetic energy are listed in the below table,
1478 > \begin{table}
1479 > \caption{Equations of motion due to Potential and Kinetic Energies}
1480 > \begin{center}
1481 > \begin{tabular}{|l|l|}
1482 >  \hline
1483 >  % after \\: \hline or \cline{col1-col2} \cline{col3-col4} ...
1484 >  Potential & Kinetic \\
1485 >  $\frac{{dq}}{{dt}} = \frac{p}{m}$ & $\frac{d}{{dt}}q = p$ \\
1486 >  $\frac{d}{{dt}}p =  - \frac{{\partial V}}{{\partial q}}$ & $ \frac{d}{{dt}}p = 0$ \\
1487 >  $\frac{d}{{dt}}Q = 0$ & $ \frac{d}{{dt}}Q = Qskew(I^{ - 1} j)$ \\
1488 >  $ \frac{d}{{dt}}\pi  = \sum\limits_i {\left( {Q^T F_i (r,Q)} \right) \times X_i }$ & $\frac{d}{{dt}}\pi  = \pi  \times I^{ - 1} \pi$\\
1489 >  \hline
1490 > \end{tabular}
1491 > \end{center}
1492 > \end{table}
1493 > A second-order symplectic method is now obtained by the composition
1494 > of the position and velocity propagators,
1495 > \[
1496 > \varphi _{\Delta t}  = \varphi _{\Delta t/2,V}  \circ \varphi
1497 > _{\Delta t,T}  \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,V}.
1498 > \]
1499 > Moreover, $\varphi _{\Delta t/2,V}$ can be divided into two
1500 > sub-propagators which corresponding to force and torque
1501 > respectively,
1502 > \[
1503 > \varphi _{\Delta t/2,V}  = \varphi _{\Delta t/2,F}  \circ \varphi
1504 > _{\Delta t/2,\tau }.
1505 > \]
1506 > Since the associated operators of $\varphi _{\Delta t/2,F} $ and
1507 > $\circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\tau }$ commute, the composition order
1508 > inside $\varphi _{\Delta t/2,V}$ does not matter. Furthermore, the
1509 > kinetic energy can be separated to translational kinetic term, $T^t
1510 > (p)$, and rotational kinetic term, $T^r (\pi )$,
1511 > \begin{equation}
1512 > T(p,\pi ) =T^t (p) + T^r (\pi ).
1513 > \end{equation}
1514 > where $ T^t (p) = \frac{1}{2}p^T m^{ - 1} p $ and $T^r (\pi )$ is
1515 > defined by \ref{introEquation:rotationalKineticRB}. Therefore, the
1516 > corresponding propagators are given by
1517 > \[
1518 > \varphi _{\Delta t,T}  = \varphi _{\Delta t,T^t }  \circ \varphi
1519 > _{\Delta t,T^r }.
1520 > \]
1521 > Finally, we obtain the overall symplectic propagators for freely
1522 > moving rigid bodies
1523 > \begin{equation}
1524 > \begin{array}{c}
1525 > \varphi _{\Delta t}  = \varphi _{\Delta t/2,F}  \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\tau }  \\
1526 >  \circ \varphi _{\Delta t,T^t }  \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi _1 }  \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi _2 }  \circ \varphi _{\Delta t,\pi _3 }  \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi _2 }  \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi _1 }  \\
1527 >  \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\tau }  \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,F}  .\\
1528 > \end{array}
1529 > \label{introEquation:overallRBFlowMaps}
1530 > \end{equation}
1531 >
1532 > \section{\label{introSection:langevinDynamics}Langevin Dynamics}
1533 > As an alternative to newtonian dynamics, Langevin dynamics, which
1534 > mimics a simple heat bath with stochastic and dissipative forces,
1535 > has been applied in a variety of studies. This section will review
1536 > the theory of Langevin dynamics. A brief derivation of generalized
1537 > Langevin equation will be given first. Following that, we will
1538 > discuss the physical meaning of the terms appearing in the equation
1539 > as well as the calculation of friction tensor from hydrodynamics
1540 > theory.
1541 >
1542 > \subsection{\label{introSection:generalizedLangevinDynamics}Derivation of Generalized Langevin Equation}
1543 >
1544 > A harmonic bath model, in which an effective set of harmonic
1545 > oscillators are used to mimic the effect of a linearly responding
1546 > environment, has been widely used in quantum chemistry and
1547 > statistical mechanics. One of the successful applications of
1548 > Harmonic bath model is the derivation of the Generalized Langevin
1549 > Dynamics (GLE). Lets consider a system, in which the degree of
1550 > freedom $x$ is assumed to couple to the bath linearly, giving a
1551 > Hamiltonian of the form
1552 > \begin{equation}
1553 > H = \frac{{p^2 }}{{2m}} + U(x) + H_B  + \Delta U(x,x_1 , \ldots x_N)
1554 > \label{introEquation:bathGLE}.
1555 > \end{equation}
1556 > Here $p$ is a momentum conjugate to $x$, $m$ is the mass associated
1557 > with this degree of freedom, $H_B$ is a harmonic bath Hamiltonian,
1558 > \[
1559 > H_B  = \sum\limits_{\alpha  = 1}^N {\left\{ {\frac{{p_\alpha ^2
1560 > }}{{2m_\alpha  }} + \frac{1}{2}m_\alpha  \omega _\alpha ^2 }
1561 > \right\}}
1562 > \]
1563 > where the index $\alpha$ runs over all the bath degrees of freedom,
1564 > $\omega _\alpha$ are the harmonic bath frequencies, $m_\alpha$ are
1565 > the harmonic bath masses, and $\Delta U$ is a bilinear system-bath
1566 > coupling,
1567 > \[
1568 > \Delta U =  - \sum\limits_{\alpha  = 1}^N {g_\alpha  x_\alpha  x}
1569 > \]
1570 > where $g_\alpha$ are the coupling constants between the bath
1571 > coordinates ($x_ \apha$) and the system coordinate ($x$).
1572 > Introducing
1573 > \[
1574 > W(x) = U(x) - \sum\limits_{\alpha  = 1}^N {\frac{{g_\alpha ^2
1575 > }}{{2m_\alpha  w_\alpha ^2 }}} x^2
1576 > \] and combining the last two terms in Equation
1577 > \ref{introEquation:bathGLE}, we may rewrite the Harmonic bath
1578 > Hamiltonian as
1579 > \[
1580 > H = \frac{{p^2 }}{{2m}} + W(x) + \sum\limits_{\alpha  = 1}^N
1581 > {\left\{ {\frac{{p_\alpha ^2 }}{{2m_\alpha  }} + \frac{1}{2}m_\alpha
1582 > w_\alpha ^2 \left( {x_\alpha   - \frac{{g_\alpha  }}{{m_\alpha
1583 > w_\alpha ^2 }}x} \right)^2 } \right\}}
1584 > \]
1585 > Since the first two terms of the new Hamiltonian depend only on the
1586 > system coordinates, we can get the equations of motion for
1587 > Generalized Langevin Dynamics by Hamilton's equations,
1588 > \begin{equation}
1589 > m\ddot x =  - \frac{{\partial W(x)}}{{\partial x}} -
1590 > \sum\limits_{\alpha  = 1}^N {g_\alpha  \left( {x_\alpha   -
1591 > \frac{{g_\alpha  }}{{m_\alpha  w_\alpha ^2 }}x} \right)},
1592 > \label{introEquation:coorMotionGLE}
1593 > \end{equation}
1594 > and
1595 > \begin{equation}
1596 > m\ddot x_\alpha   =  - m_\alpha  w_\alpha ^2 \left( {x_\alpha   -
1597 > \frac{{g_\alpha  }}{{m_\alpha  w_\alpha ^2 }}x} \right).
1598 > \label{introEquation:bathMotionGLE}
1599 > \end{equation}
1600 >
1601 > In order to derive an equation for $x$, the dynamics of the bath
1602 > variables $x_\alpha$ must be solved exactly first. As an integral
1603 > transform which is particularly useful in solving linear ordinary
1604 > differential equations,the Laplace transform is the appropriate tool
1605 > to solve this problem. The basic idea is to transform the difficult
1606 > differential equations into simple algebra problems which can be
1607 > solved easily. Then, by applying the inverse Laplace transform, also
1608 > known as the Bromwich integral, we can retrieve the solutions of the
1609 > original problems.
1610 >
1611 > Let $f(t)$ be a function defined on $ [0,\infty ) $. The Laplace
1612 > transform of f(t) is a new function defined as
1613 > \[
1614 > L(f(t)) \equiv F(p) = \int_0^\infty  {f(t)e^{ - pt} dt}
1615 > \]
1616 > where  $p$ is real and  $L$ is called the Laplace Transform
1617 > Operator. Below are some important properties of Laplace transform
1618 >
1619 > \begin{eqnarray*}
1620 > L(x + y)  & = & L(x) + L(y) \\
1621 > L(ax)     & = & aL(x) \\
1622 > L(\dot x) & = & pL(x) - px(0) \\
1623 > L(\ddot x)& = & p^2 L(x) - px(0) - \dot x(0) \\
1624 > L\left( {\int_0^t {g(t - \tau )h(\tau )d\tau } } \right)& = & G(p)H(p) \\
1625 > \end{eqnarray*}
1626 >
1627 >
1628 > Applying the Laplace transform to the bath coordinates, we obtain
1629 > \begin{eqnarray*}
1630 > p^2 L(x_\alpha  ) - px_\alpha  (0) - \dot x_\alpha  (0) & = & - \omega _\alpha ^2 L(x_\alpha  ) + \frac{{g_\alpha  }}{{\omega _\alpha  }}L(x) \\
1631 > L(x_\alpha  ) & = & \frac{{\frac{{g_\alpha  }}{{\omega _\alpha  }}L(x) + px_\alpha  (0) + \dot x_\alpha  (0)}}{{p^2  + \omega _\alpha ^2 }} \\
1632 > \end{eqnarray*}
1633 >
1634 > By the same way, the system coordinates become
1635 > \begin{eqnarray*}
1636 > mL(\ddot x) & = & - \frac{1}{p}\frac{{\partial W(x)}}{{\partial x}} \\
1637 >  & & \mbox{} - \sum\limits_{\alpha  = 1}^N {\left\{ { - \frac{{g_\alpha ^2 }}{{m_\alpha  \omega _\alpha ^2 }}\frac{p}{{p^2  + \omega _\alpha ^2 }}pL(x) - \frac{p}{{p^2  + \omega _\alpha ^2 }}g_\alpha  x_\alpha  (0) - \frac{1}{{p^2  + \omega _\alpha ^2 }}g_\alpha  \dot x_\alpha  (0)} \right\}}  \\
1638 > \end{eqnarray*}
1639 >
1640 > With the help of some relatively important inverse Laplace
1641 > transformations:
1642 > \[
1643 > \begin{array}{c}
1644 > L(\cos at) = \frac{p}{{p^2  + a^2 }} \\
1645 > L(\sin at) = \frac{a}{{p^2  + a^2 }} \\
1646 > L(1) = \frac{1}{p} \\
1647 > \end{array}
1648 > \]
1649 > , we obtain
1650 > \begin{eqnarray*}
1651 > m\ddot x & =  & - \frac{{\partial W(x)}}{{\partial x}} -
1652 > \sum\limits_{\alpha  = 1}^N {\left\{ {\left( { - \frac{{g_\alpha ^2
1653 > }}{{m_\alpha  \omega _\alpha ^2 }}} \right)\int_0^t {\cos (\omega
1654 > _\alpha  t)\dot x(t - \tau )d\tau } } \right\}}  \\
1655 > & & + \sum\limits_{\alpha  = 1}^N {\left\{ {\left[ {g_\alpha
1656 > x_\alpha (0) - \frac{{g_\alpha  }}{{m_\alpha  \omega _\alpha  }}}
1657 > \right]\cos (\omega _\alpha  t) + \frac{{g_\alpha  \dot x_\alpha
1658 > (0)}}{{\omega _\alpha  }}\sin (\omega _\alpha  t)} \right\}}
1659 > \end{eqnarray*}
1660 > \begin{eqnarray*}
1661 > m\ddot x & = & - \frac{{\partial W(x)}}{{\partial x}} - \int_0^t
1662 > {\sum\limits_{\alpha  = 1}^N {\left( { - \frac{{g_\alpha ^2
1663 > }}{{m_\alpha  \omega _\alpha ^2 }}} \right)\cos (\omega _\alpha
1664 > t)\dot x(t - \tau )d} \tau }  \\
1665 > & & + \sum\limits_{\alpha  = 1}^N {\left\{ {\left[ {g_\alpha
1666 > x_\alpha (0) - \frac{{g_\alpha }}{{m_\alpha \omega _\alpha  }}}
1667 > \right]\cos (\omega _\alpha  t) + \frac{{g_\alpha  \dot x_\alpha
1668 > (0)}}{{\omega _\alpha  }}\sin (\omega _\alpha  t)} \right\}}
1669 > \end{eqnarray*}
1670 > Introducing a \emph{dynamic friction kernel}
1671 > \begin{equation}
1672 > \xi (t) = \sum\limits_{\alpha  = 1}^N {\left( { - \frac{{g_\alpha ^2
1673 > }}{{m_\alpha  \omega _\alpha ^2 }}} \right)\cos (\omega _\alpha  t)}
1674 > \label{introEquation:dynamicFrictionKernelDefinition}
1675 > \end{equation}
1676 > and \emph{a random force}
1677 > \begin{equation}
1678 > R(t) = \sum\limits_{\alpha  = 1}^N {\left( {g_\alpha  x_\alpha  (0)
1679 > - \frac{{g_\alpha ^2 }}{{m_\alpha  \omega _\alpha ^2 }}x(0)}
1680 > \right)\cos (\omega _\alpha  t)}  + \frac{{\dot x_\alpha
1681 > (0)}}{{\omega _\alpha  }}\sin (\omega _\alpha  t),
1682 > \label{introEquation:randomForceDefinition}
1683 > \end{equation}
1684 > the equation of motion can be rewritten as
1685 > \begin{equation}
1686 > m\ddot x =  - \frac{{\partial W}}{{\partial x}} - \int_0^t {\xi
1687 > (t)\dot x(t - \tau )d\tau }  + R(t)
1688 > \label{introEuqation:GeneralizedLangevinDynamics}
1689 > \end{equation}
1690 > which is known as the \emph{generalized Langevin equation}.
1691 >
1692 > \subsubsection{\label{introSection:randomForceDynamicFrictionKernel}\textbf{Random Force and Dynamic Friction Kernel}}
1693 >
1694 > One may notice that $R(t)$ depends only on initial conditions, which
1695 > implies it is completely deterministic within the context of a
1696 > harmonic bath. However, it is easy to verify that $R(t)$ is totally
1697 > uncorrelated to $x$ and $\dot x$,
1698 > \[
1699 > \begin{array}{l}
1700 > \left\langle {x(t)R(t)} \right\rangle  = 0, \\
1701 > \left\langle {\dot x(t)R(t)} \right\rangle  = 0. \\
1702 > \end{array}
1703 > \]
1704 > This property is what we expect from a truly random process. As long
1705 > as the model chosen for $R(t)$ was a gaussian distribution in
1706 > general, the stochastic nature of the GLE still remains.
1707 >
1708 > %dynamic friction kernel
1709 > The convolution integral
1710 > \[
1711 > \int_0^t {\xi (t)\dot x(t - \tau )d\tau }
1712 > \]
1713 > depends on the entire history of the evolution of $x$, which implies
1714 > that the bath retains memory of previous motions. In other words,
1715 > the bath requires a finite time to respond to change in the motion
1716 > of the system. For a sluggish bath which responds slowly to changes
1717 > in the system coordinate, we may regard $\xi(t)$ as a constant
1718 > $\xi(t) = \Xi_0$. Hence, the convolution integral becomes
1719 > \[
1720 > \int_0^t {\xi (t)\dot x(t - \tau )d\tau }  = \xi _0 (x(t) - x(0))
1721 > \]
1722 > and Equation \ref{introEuqation:GeneralizedLangevinDynamics} becomes
1723 > \[
1724 > m\ddot x =  - \frac{\partial }{{\partial x}}\left( {W(x) +
1725 > \frac{1}{2}\xi _0 (x - x_0 )^2 } \right) + R(t),
1726 > \]
1727 > which can be used to describe the effect of dynamic caging in
1728 > viscous solvents. The other extreme is the bath that responds
1729 > infinitely quickly to motions in the system. Thus, $\xi (t)$ can be
1730 > taken as a $delta$ function in time:
1731 > \[
1732 > \xi (t) = 2\xi _0 \delta (t)
1733 > \]
1734 > Hence, the convolution integral becomes
1735 > \[
1736 > \int_0^t {\xi (t)\dot x(t - \tau )d\tau }  = 2\xi _0 \int_0^t
1737 > {\delta (t)\dot x(t - \tau )d\tau }  = \xi _0 \dot x(t),
1738 > \]
1739 > and Equation \ref{introEuqation:GeneralizedLangevinDynamics} becomes
1740 > \begin{equation}
1741 > m\ddot x =  - \frac{{\partial W(x)}}{{\partial x}} - \xi _0 \dot
1742 > x(t) + R(t) \label{introEquation:LangevinEquation}
1743 > \end{equation}
1744 > which is known as the Langevin equation. The static friction
1745 > coefficient $\xi _0$ can either be calculated from spectral density
1746 > or be determined by Stokes' law for regular shaped particles. A
1747 > briefly review on calculating friction tensor for arbitrary shaped
1748 > particles is given in Sec.~\ref{introSection:frictionTensor}.
1749 >
1750 > \subsubsection{\label{introSection:secondFluctuationDissipation}\textbf{The Second Fluctuation Dissipation Theorem}}
1751 >
1752 > Defining a new set of coordinates,
1753 > \[
1754 > q_\alpha  (t) = x_\alpha  (t) - \frac{1}{{m_\alpha  \omega _\alpha
1755 > ^2 }}x(0)
1756 > \],
1757 > we can rewrite $R(T)$ as
1758 > \[
1759 > R(t) = \sum\limits_{\alpha  = 1}^N {g_\alpha  q_\alpha  (t)}.
1760 > \]
1761 > And since the $q$ coordinates are harmonic oscillators,
1762 >
1763 > \begin{eqnarray*}
1764 > \left\langle {q_\alpha ^2 } \right\rangle  & = & \frac{{kT}}{{m_\alpha  \omega _\alpha ^2 }} \\
1765 > \left\langle {q_\alpha  (t)q_\alpha  (0)} \right\rangle & = & \left\langle {q_\alpha ^2 (0)} \right\rangle \cos (\omega _\alpha  t) \\
1766 > \left\langle {q_\alpha  (t)q_\beta  (0)} \right\rangle & = &\delta _{\alpha \beta } \left\langle {q_\alpha  (t)q_\alpha  (0)} \right\rangle  \\
1767 > \left\langle {R(t)R(0)} \right\rangle & = & \sum\limits_\alpha  {\sum\limits_\beta  {g_\alpha  g_\beta  \left\langle {q_\alpha  (t)q_\beta  (0)} \right\rangle } }  \\
1768 >  & = &\sum\limits_\alpha  {g_\alpha ^2 \left\langle {q_\alpha ^2 (0)} \right\rangle \cos (\omega _\alpha  t)}  \\
1769 >  & = &kT\xi (t) \\
1770 > \end{eqnarray*}
1771 >
1772 > Thus, we recover the \emph{second fluctuation dissipation theorem}
1773 > \begin{equation}
1774 > \xi (t) = \left\langle {R(t)R(0)} \right\rangle
1775 > \label{introEquation:secondFluctuationDissipation}.
1776 > \end{equation}
1777 > In effect, it acts as a constraint on the possible ways in which one
1778 > can model the random force and friction kernel.

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