galpy.potential.RZToverticalPotential¶

galpy.potential.RZToverticalPotential(RZPot, R)[source]¶

Convert a 3D azisymmetric potential to a vertical potential at a given R.

Parameters:

Pot (Potential instance or CompositePotential or a combined potential formed using addition (pot1+pot2+…)) – The 3D potential to convert.
R (float or Quantity) – Galactocentric radius at which to evaluate the vertical potential.

Returns:

The vertical potential at (R, z, phi, t). Returns a linearCompositePotential when input is a list or CompositePotential with multiple components.

Return type:

verticalPotential or linearCompositePotential

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