actionAngleAdiabatic

class galpy.actionAngle.actionAngleAdiabatic(*args, **kwargs)[source]

Action-angle formalism for axisymmetric potentials using the adiabatic approximation

__init__(*args, **kwargs)[source]

NAME:

__init__

PURPOSE:

initialize an actionAngleAdiabatic object

INPUT:

pot= potential or list of potentials (planarPotentials)

gamma= (default=1.) replace Lz by Lz+gamma Jz in effective potential

ro= distance from vantage point to GC (kpc; can be Quantity)

vo= circular velocity at ro (km/s; can be Quantity)

OUTPUT:

instance

HISTORY:

2012-07-26 - Written - Bovy (IAS@MPIA)