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Free-energy calculations - Theoretical Biophysics Group

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8 WIDOM (1963)<br />

<strong>Free</strong>-<strong>energy</strong> perturbation <strong>calculations</strong> The perturbation formalism<br />

Reversing the reference and the target systems,<br />

∆A = 1<br />

β<br />

ln〈exp (β∆U)〉1<br />

Although forward and backward expressions are formally equivalent, their convergence<br />

properties may be different. 8<br />

Preferred direction to carry out the required transformation between states.<br />

Chris Chipot <strong>Free</strong>-<strong>energy</strong> <strong>calculations</strong>

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