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Hi,I have run lammps diblock PS-PEP simulation in dt=0.5fs.The system has compressed and run in NPT and then in NVE in lammps.
When I convert to gromacs in NVE I can not run it with dt=0.002=2fs with constraints and lincs it gave below error:
Fatal error:
3 particles communicated to PME rank 82 are more than 2/3 times the cut-off
out of the domain decomposition cell of their charge group in dimension y.
This usually means that your system is not well equilibrated.

In gromacs I could run dt=0.0005 =0.5 fs without constraints in NVE for few nanoseconds.

I want to know is it ok to continue the system in dt=0.0005 =0.5 fs without constraints.Will that affect my simulation?how can I convert the simulation to dt=0.002=2fs?

Below is the gro.mdp file with dt=0.oo2 that gives above error:

; Time step in ps
dt = 0.002

; Number of steps to run
nsteps = 100000000

; Remove center of mass motion every 100 steps
comm-mode = Linear
nstcomm = 100

; Write positions and velocities to the trr file every 5000 steps
; Output frequency for coords (x), velocities (v) and forces (f)
nstxout = 500000
nstvout = 500000

; Write to the log and energy file every 5000 steps
nstlog = 500000
nstenergy = 500000

; Calculate energies every 100 steps
nstcalcenergy = 100

; Write positions to three decimal places to xtc file every 5000 steps
nstxout-compressed = 500000
compressed-x-precision = 1000

; Use the Verlet cutoff scheme with grid neighbor searching; you should basically always use this when you can (the only time you wouldn’t would be if you were using tabulated potentials, buckingham interactions, or energy group exclusions; see manual for more detail)
cutoff-scheme = Verlet
ns_type = grid

; Periodic in all three dimensions
pbc = xyz

; Minimum cutoffs in nm for neighbor list, electrostatics, and LJ interactions. mdrun will tune rcoulomb for improved performance.
rlist = 1.2
rcoulomb = 1.2
rvdw = 1.2

; Use the PME algorithm (an alternative to PPPM) (this is very likely the electrostatics algorithm you want to use)
coulombtype = PME

; Smoothly shift vdw interactions to zero at the cutoff
vdw-type = Cut-off
vdw-modifier = Potential-shift-Verlet

; GENERATE VELOCITIES FOR STARTUP RUN =
gen-vel = yes
gen-temp = 500
gen-seed = 173529

; Use the v-rescale thermostat with a time constant of 0.1 ps and temperature of 600. V-rescale correctly samples the canonical distribution. Nose-hoover would be another good choice.
tcoupl = V-rescale
tc-grps = System
tau_t = 0.1
ref_t = 500

; Don’t use pressure coupling. For NPT this should be set. For equilibration, Berendsen is best since it is more stable. For production runs, Parrinello-Rahman is best since it samples the correct ensemble.
pcoupl = no
pcoupltype = Isotropic
tau-p = 1
refcoord-scaling = No

; Use the LINCS algorithm to turn all bonds with hydrogen atoms into constraints. This allows a larger timestep. (can also use shake if needed, but lincs is faster)
constraint_algorithm = lincs
constraints = H-bonds

; Do not generate initial velocities; rather this run is a continuation from a previous run. Alternately, set gen_vel to yes and give it a temperature to sample the maxwell distribution at, and set continuation to no.
;gen_vel = no
;continuation = yes

; Dielectric constant (DC) for cut-off or DC of reaction field =
epsilon-r = 30

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A timestep of 0.5 fs and no constraints might be necessary if starting from a very unfavourable configuration, but it is inefficient (slow) to run it for very long.

However, with a temperature of 500 K you will probably not be able to run with a 2 fs timestep. It’s possible that 1 fs or even shorter will be the maximum. Is the force field you are using even parameterized for such high temperatures?

Yes I think force fields are parameterized.
I ran 12ns with o.5fs with no constraints and then job crashed giving below error:
5 particles communicated to PME rank 2 are more than 2/3 times the cut-off out

of the domain decomposition cell of their charge group in dimension y.

This usually means that your system is not well equilibrated.

Is there any other suggestions or advice?

Does it work at a more “normal” temperature, such as 300 K?

I will run and see