galpy.potential.Potential.rforce¶

Potential.rforce(R, z, **kwargs)[source]¶

Evaluate the spherical radial force F_r (R,z).

Parameters:

R (float or Quantity) – Cylindrical Galactocentric radius.
z (float or Quantity) – Vertical height.
phi (float or Quantity, optional) – Azimuth. Default is None.
t (float or Quantity, optional) – Time. Default is 0.0.
v (float or Quantity, optional) – Current velocity in cylindrical coordinates. Required when including dissipative forces. Default is None.

Returns:

F_r – The spherical radial force F_r (R,z).

Return type:

float or Quantity

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