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From: Daniel Duque <daniel@fluid5.fmc.uam.es>
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Subject: Re: Boltzman probablility
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 1998 11:23:47 +0000
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Christopher Weiss wrote:
> 
> What form of the Boltzman distribution equation should I use if I want
> to know the probability of finding a molecule with a particular
> potential energy?  For example, I have a conformation of a protein and
> I can calculate its potential energy, what is the probability of the
> protein occuring with that energy?

Isn't it just exp(-E/(k T)), E=energy, k=B. constant, T=temperature?

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