CPotentialBase

class gala.potential.CPotentialBase

Bases: gala.potential.PotentialBase

A baseclass for defining gravitational potentials implemented in C.

Methods Summary

mass_enclosed(q, t)

Estimate the mass enclosed within the given position by assuming the potential is spherical.

Methods Documentation

mass_enclosed(q, t)

Estimate the mass enclosed within the given position by assuming the potential is spherical. This is not so good!

Parameters:

q : array_like, numeric

Position to compute the mass enclosed.