galpy.potential.Potential.plotEscapecurve

Potential.plotEscapecurve(*args, **kwargs)[source]

NAME:

plotEscapecurve

PURPOSE:

plot the escape velocity curve for this potential (in the z=0 plane for non-spherical potentials)

INPUT:

Rrange - range (can be Quantity)

grid= number of points to plot

savefilename= save to or restore from this savefile (pickle)

+galpy.util.plot.plot(*args,**kwargs)

OUTPUT:

plot to output device

HISTORY:

2010-08-08 - Written - Bovy (NYU)