galpy.potential.Potential.plotDensity

Potential.plotDensity(rmin=0.0, rmax=1.5, nrs=21, zmin=-0.5, zmax=0.5, nzs=21, ncontours=21, savefilename=None, aspect=None, log=False)

NAME:

plotDensity

PURPOSE:

plot the density of this potential

INPUT:

rmin - minimum R

rmax - maximum R

nrs - grid in R

zmin - minimum z

zmax - maximum z

nzs - grid in z

ncontours - number of contours

savefilename - save to or restore from this savefile (pickle)

log= if True, plot the log density

OUTPUT:

plot to output device

HISTORY:

2014-01-05 - Written - Bovy (IAS)