Henon-Heiles potential

class galpy.potential.HenonHeilesPotential(amp=1.0, ro=None, vo=None)[source]

Class that implements a the Henon & Heiles (1964) potential

\[\Phi(R,\phi) = \frac{\mathrm{amp}}{2}\,\left[R^2 + \frac{2\,R^3}{3}\,\sin\left(3\,\phi\right)\right]\]
__init__(amp=1.0, ro=None, vo=None)[source]

NAME:

__init__

PURPOSE:

initialize a Henon-Heiles potential

INPUT:

amp - amplitude to be applied to the potential (default: 1.)

OUTPUT:

(none)

HISTORY:

2017-10-16 - Written - Bovy (UofT)