galpy.potential.Potential.mvir

Potential.mvir(H=70.0, Om=0.3, overdens=200.0, wrtcrit=False, forceint=False, ro=None, vo=None, use_physical=False)

NAME:

mvir

PURPOSE:

calculate the virial mass

INPUT:

H= (default: 70) Hubble constant in km/s/Mpc

Om= (default: 0.3) Omega matter

overdens= (200) overdensity which defines the virial radius

wrtcrit= (False) if True, the overdensity is wrt the critical density rather than the mean matter density

ro= distance scale in kpc or as Quantity (default: object-wide, which if not set is 8 kpc))

vo= velocity scale in km/s or as Quantity (default: object-wide, which if not set is 220 km/s))

KEYWORDS:

forceint= if True, calculate the mass through integration of the density, even if an explicit expression for the mass exists

OUTPUT:

M(<rvir)

HISTORY:

2014-09-12 - Written - Bovy (IAS)