galpy.potential.evaluateDensities

galpy.potential.evaluateDensities(R, z, Pot, phi=0.0, t=0.0, forcepoisson=False)

NAME:

evaluateDensities

PURPOSE:

convenience function to evaluate a possible sum of densities

INPUT:

R - cylindrical Galactocentric distance

z - distance above the plane

Pot - potential or list of potentials

phi - azimuth

t - time

forcepoisson= if True, calculate the density through the Poisson equation, even if an explicit expression for the density exists

OUTPUT:

rho(R,z)

HISTORY:

2010-08-08 - Written - Bovy (NYU)

2013-12-28 - Added forcepoisson - Bovy (IAS)