galpy.potential.plotPotentials

galpy.potential.plotPotentials(Pot, rmin=0.0, rmax=1.5, nrs=21, zmin=-0.5, zmax=0.5, nzs=21, ncontours=21, savefilename=None, aspect=None)

NAME:

plotPotentials

PURPOSE:

plot a set of potentials

INPUT:

Pot - Potential or list of Potential instances

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)

OUTPUT:

plot to output device

HISTORY:

2010-07-09 - Written - Bovy (NYU)