actionAngleTorus

class galpy.actionAngle.actionAngleTorus(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Action-angle formalism using the Torus machinery

__init__(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Initialize an actionAngleTorus object.

Parameters:
  • pot (potential or list of potentials (3D)) – The potential or list of potentials (3D) to use.

  • tol (float, optional) – Default tolerance to use when fitting tori (|dJ|/J).

  • dJ (float, optional) – Default action difference when computing derivatives (Hessian or Jacobian).

  • ro (float or Quantity, optional) – Distance scale for translation into internal units (default from configuration file).

  • vo (float or Quantity, optional) – Velocity scale for translation into internal units (default from configuration file).

Notes

  • 2015-08-07 - Written - Bovy (UofT).