Source code for galpy.potential.IsothermalDiskPotential

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#   IsothermalDiskPotential.py: class that implements the one-dimensional
#                               self-gravitating isothermal disk
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import numpy
from ..util import conversion
from .linearPotential import linearPotential
class IsothermalDiskPotential(linearPotential):
    """Class representing the one-dimensional self-gravitating isothermal disk

    .. math::

        \\rho(x) = \\mathrm{amp}\\,\\mathrm{sech}^2\\left(\\frac{x}{2H}\\right)

    where the scale height :math:`H^2 = \\sigma^2/[8\\pi G \\,\\mathrm{amp}]`. The parameter to setup the disk is the velocity dispersion :math:`\\sigma`.

    """
    def __init__(self,amp=1.,sigma=0.1,ro=None,vo=None):
        """
        NAME:

           __init__

        PURPOSE:

           Initialize an IsothermalDiskPotential

        INPUT:

           amp - an overall amplitude

           sigma - velocity dispersion (can be a Quantity)

        OUTPUT:

           instance

        HISTORY:

           2018-04-11 - Written - Bovy (UofT)

        """
        linearPotential.__init__(self,amp=amp,ro=ro,vo=vo)
        sigma= conversion.parse_velocity(sigma,vo=self._vo)
        self._sigma2= sigma**2.
        self._H= sigma/numpy.sqrt(8.*numpy.pi*self._amp)
        self._amp= 1. # Need to manually set to 1, because amp is now contained in the combination of H and sigma^2
        self.hasC= True
        
    def _evaluate(self,x,t=0.):
        return 2.*self._sigma2*numpy.log(numpy.cosh(0.5*x/self._H))

    def _force(self,x,t=0.):
        return -self._sigma2*numpy.tanh(0.5*x/self._H)/self._H