Figure 3.

(a) Normalized correlation functions of Q, C_Q(t), shown on a log-log plot (time in reduced units) for different values of Q^∗. Because a single exponential did not always fit well, each curve was fit to the sum of three exponentials to obtain an average decay time τ_Q. K_Q = 50 was used and the temperature was the folding temperature of the unbiased simulations T_f⁰. The characteristic decay time τ_Q is used to calculate the diffusion coefficient D. (b)The dispersion of the reaction coordinate ΔQ² as a function of the reaction coordinate Q (left axis), with and without energetic frustration. The inverse correlation time of Q (1/τ_Q) shown as a function of Q (right axis), with and without the frustration term. Calculations are shown at T_f of each ε_NC.