Free-energy calculations - Theoretical Biophysics Group
Free-energy calculations - Theoretical Biophysics Group
Free-energy calculations - Theoretical Biophysics Group
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<strong>Free</strong>-<strong>energy</strong> perturbation <strong>calculations</strong> Interpretation of the free <strong>energy</strong> perturbation equation<br />
A small value of ∆A does not imply that this quantity is easy to estimate in<br />
computer simulations. In fact, if 〈∆U〉 0 and −βσ 2 / 2 were equal but large, an<br />
accurate estimate of ∆A would be evidently hard to achieve.<br />
One consequence of the positivity of σ is that ∆A ≤ 〈∆U〉 0 . repeating the same<br />
reasoning for the backward transformation, then ∆A ≥ 〈∆U〉 1 .<br />
These inequalities, the Gibbs–Bogoliubov bounds on free <strong>energy</strong>, hold not only for<br />
Gaussian distributions, but for any arbitrary probability distribution function.<br />
Chris Chipot <strong>Free</strong>-<strong>energy</strong> <strong>calculations</strong>