Pseudo-isothermal potential

class galpy.potential.PseudoIsothermalPotential(amp=1.0, a=1.0, normalize=False, ro=None, vo=None)

Class that implements the pseudo-isothermal potential

\[\rho(r) = \frac{\mathrm{amp}}{4\,\pi\, a^3}\,\frac{1}{1+(r/a)^2}\]
__init__(amp=1.0, a=1.0, normalize=False, ro=None, vo=None)

NAME:

__init__

PURPOSE:

initialize a pseudo-isothermal potential

INPUT:

amp - amplitude to be applied to the potential (default: 1); can be a Quantity with units of mass or Gxmass

a - core radius (can be Quantity)

normalize - if True, normalize such that vc(1.,0.)=1., or, if given as a number, such that the force is this fraction of the force necessary to make vc(1.,0.)=1.

ro=, vo= distance and velocity scales for translation into internal units (default from configuration file)

OUTPUT:

(none)

HISTORY:

2015-12-04 - Started - Bovy (UofT)