Henon-Heiles potential¶
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class
galpy.potential.
HenonHeilesPotential
(amp=1.0, ro=None, vo=None)¶ Class that implements a the Henon & Heiles (1964) potential
\[\Phi(R,\phi) = \frac{\mathrm{amp}}{2}\,\left[R^2 + \frac{2\,R^3}{3}\,\sin\left(3\,\phi\right)\right]\]-
__init__
(amp=1.0, ro=None, vo=None)¶ NAME:
__init__PURPOSE:
initialize a Henon-Heiles potentialINPUT:
amp - amplitude to be applied to the potential (default: 1.)OUTPUT:
(none)HISTORY:
2017-10-16 - Written - Bovy (UofT)
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