Hernquist potential¶

class galpy.potential.HernquistPotential(amp=1.0, a=1.0, normalize=False, ro=None, vo=None)[source]¶

Class that implements the Hernquist potential

\[\rho(r) = \frac{\mathrm{amp}}{4\,\pi\,a^3}\,\frac{1}{(r/a)\,(1+r/a)^{3}}\]

__init__(amp=1.0, a=1.0, normalize=False, ro=None, vo=None)[source]¶

Initialize a Two Power Spherical Potential.

Parameters:

amp (float or Quantity, optional) – Amplitude to be applied to the potential (default: 1); can be a Quantity with units of mass or Gxmass (note that amp is 2 x [total mass] for the chosen definition of the Two Power Spherical potential).
a (float or Quantity, optional) – Scale radius.
normalize (bool or float, optional) – 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 (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).

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