actionAngleVertical

class galpy.actionAngle.actionAngleVertical(*args, **kwargs)

Action-angle formalism for one-dimensional potentials (or of the vertical potential in a galactic disk in the adiabatic approximation, hence the name)

__init__(*args, **kwargs)

NAME:

__init__

PURPOSE:

initialize an actionAngleVertical object

INPUT:

pot= potential or list of 1D potentials (linearPotential or verticalPotential)

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

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

OUTPUT:

instance

HISTORY:

2012-06-01 - Written - Bovy (IAS)

2018-05-19 - Conformed to the general actionAngle framework - Bovy (UofT)