galpy.potential.evaluateDensities

galpy.potential.evaluateDensities(Pot, R, z, phi=None, t=0.0, forcepoisson=False)[source]

NAME:

evaluateDensities

PURPOSE:

convenience function to evaluate a possible sum of densities

INPUT:

Pot - potential or list of potentials (dissipative forces in such a list are ignored)

R - cylindrical Galactocentric distance (can be Quantity)

z - distance above the plane (can be Quantity)

phi - azimuth (can be Quantity)

t - time (can be Quantity)

forcepoisson= if True, calculate the density through the Poisson equation, even if an explicit expression for the density exists

OUTPUT:

rho(R,z)

HISTORY:

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

2013-12-28 - Added forcepoisson - Bovy (IAS)