actionAngleStaeckelGrid

class galpy.actionAngle.actionAngleStaeckelGrid(pot=None, delta=None, Rmax=5.0, nE=25, npsi=25, nLz=30, numcores=1, **kwargs)

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

__init__(pot=None, delta=None, Rmax=5.0, nE=25, npsi=25, nLz=30, numcores=1, **kwargs)
NAME:
__init__
PURPOSE:
initialize an actionAngleStaeckelGrid object
INPUT:

pot= potential or list of potentials

delta= focus of prolate confocal coordinate system

Rmax = Rmax for building grids

nE=, npsi=, nLz= grid size

numcores= number of cpus to use to parallellize

+scipy.integrate.quad keywords

OUTPUT: HISTORY:

2012-11-29 - Written - Bovy (IAS)