flying ice cube effect

noun

An artifact in molecular dynamics simulations, in which the energy of high-frequency fundamental modes is drained into low-frequency modes, due to repeated rescalings of velocities. In the simulation of particles in vacuum, this results in a conformation reminiscent of a rigid body flying through space.

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Meanings

nounflying ice cube effect (plural flying ice cube effects)

plural flying ice cube effects

  1. An artifact in molecular dynamics simulations, in which the energy of high-frequency fundamental modes is drained into low-frequency modes, due to repeated rescalings of velocities. In the simulation of particles in vacuum, this results in a conformation reminiscent of a rigid body flying through space.
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