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Generic options

The options listed here define the generic behavior of the entire program.

[interaction_type = DNA]
DNA|RNA|patchy|LJ
(selects the model for the simulation. DNA (oxDNA model) is the default option. RNA (oxRNA model), LJ (Lennard-Jones) and patchy particles are also implemented
[sim_type=MD]
MD|MC
MD = Molecular Dynamics, MC = Monte Carlo
backend
CPU | CUDA
(only sim_type=MD is supported if you choose CUDA backend)
backend_precision
float|double|mixed
(mixed option is available only for CUDA backend. It is recommended choice for optimal performance on CUDA machines, double is recommended for CPU simulations)
[debug=0]
0|1
1 if you want verbose logs, 0 otherwise.

Simulation options

The options listed here specify the behaviour of the simulation.

steps
number of steps to be performed.
[restart_step_counter=0]
0|1
0 means that the step counter will start from the value read in the configuration file; if 1, the step counter will be reset to 0. The total duration of the simulation is unchanged.
[seed=time(NULL)]
seed for the random number generator. On Unix systems, it will use by default a number from /dev/urandom + time(NULL)
T
temperature of the simulation. It can be expressed in simulation units or kelvin (append a k or K after the value) or celsius (append a c or C after the value).
Examples:
Value Simulation Units
0.1 0.1
300 K 0.1
300k 0.1
26.85c 0.1
26.85 C 0.1
verlet_skin
if a particle moves more than verlet_skin then the lists will be updated. Its name is somewhat misleading: the actual verlet skin is 2*verlet_skin.
[use_average_seq=1]
0|1
specifies whether to use the default hard-coded average parameters for base-pairing and stacking interaction strengths or not. If sequence dependence is to be used, set this to 0 and specify seq_dep_file.
[seq_dep_file]
specifies the file from which the sequence dependent parameters should be read. Mandatory if use_average_seq=no, ignored otherwise. A sample file is provided (sequence_dependent_parameters.txt).
[external_forces=0]
0|1
specifies whether there are external forces acting on the nucleotides or not. If it is set to 1, then a file which specifies the external forces' configuration has to be provided (see external_forces_file).
[external_forces_file]
specifies the file containing all the external forces' configurations. Currently there are six supported force types (see EXAMPLES/TRAPS for some examples):
  • string
  • twist
  • trap
  • repulsion_plane
  • repulsion_plane_moving
  • mutual_trap

Molecular dynamics simulations options

dt
time step of the integration.
thermostat
no|refresh|john
no means no thermostat will be used. refresh will refresh all the particle's velocities from a maxwellian every newtonian_steps steps. john is an Anderson-like thermostat (see pt). Make sure you read thermostat.
newtonian_steps
required if thermostat != no
number of steps after which a procedure of thermalization will be performed.
pt
used if thermostat == john. It's the probability that a particle's velocity will be refreshed during a thermalization procedure.
diff_coeff
required if pt is not specified
used internally to automatically compute the pt that would be needed if we wanted such a self diffusion coefficient. Not used if pt is set.

Monte Carlo simulations options

[check_energy_every=10]
this number times print_energy_every gives the number of steps after which the energy will be computed from scratch and checked against the actual value computed adding energy differences.
[check_energy_threshold=1e-4]
if abs((old_energy - new_energy)/old_energy) > check_energy_threshold then the program will die and warn the user.
ensemble
NVT
ensemble of the simulation. More ensembles could be added in future versions.
delta_translation
maximum displacement (per dimension) for translational moves in simulation units.
delta_translation
maximum displacement for rotational moves in simulation units.

Input/output

The options listed here are used to manage the I/O (read and write configurations, energies and so on)

conf_file
initial configuration file.
topology
file containing the system's topology.
trajectory_file
the main output of the program. All the configurations will be appended to this file as they are printed.
[confs_to_skip=0]
valid only if conf_file is a trajectory. Skip the first confs_to_skip configurations and then load in memory the (confs_to_skip+1)th.
[lastconf_file=last_conf.dat]
this is the file where the last configuration is saved (when the program finishes or is killed). Set to last_conf.dat by default
[refresh_vel=0]
0|1
if 1 the initial velocities will be refreshed from a maxwellian.
energy_file
energy output file.
[print_energy_every=1000]
this will make the program print the energies every print_energy_every steps.
[no_stdout_energy=0]
0|1
if 1 the energy will be printed just to the energy_file.
[time_scale=linear]
linear|log_lin
using linear configurations will be saved every print_conf_interval.
using log_lin configurations will be saved logarithmically for print_conf_ppc times. After that the logarithmic sequence will restart.
print_conf_interval
linear interval if time_scale == linear. First step of the logarithmic scale if time_scale == log_lin.
print_conf_ppc
used if time_scale == log_lin
points per logarithmic cycle.
[print_reduced_conf_every=0]
every print_reduced_conf_every steps the program will print out the reduced configurations (i.e. confs containing only the centers of mass of strands).
reduced_conf_output_dir
used if print_reduced_conf_every > 0
output directory for reduced_conf files.
[log_file=stderr]
file where generic and debug informations will be logged. If not specified then stderr will be used.
[print_timings=0]
0|1
if 1 the MD step timing have be printed to a file.
timings_filename
used if print_timings == 1
output file where the MD step timing will be appended to.