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class galpy.actionAngle.actionAngleStaeckel(*args, **kwargs)

Action-angle formalism for axisymmetric potentials using Binney (2012)’s Staeckel approximation

__init__(*args, **kwargs)
NAME:
__init__
PURPOSE:
initialize an actionAngleStaeckel object
INPUT:

pot= potential or list of potentials (3D)

delta= focus

useu0 - use u0 to calculate dV (NOT recommended)

c= if True, always use C for calculations

OUTPUT: HISTORY:

2012-11-27 - Written - Bovy (IAS)