Galactic Dynamics in python
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Galactic Dynamics in python
DOCUMENTATION
The latest documentation can be found here. An alternative that is kept up-to-date less frequently is here.
DEPENDENCIES
This package requires Numpy, Scipy, and Matplotlib. Certain advanced features require the GNU Scientific Library (GSL)
ISSUES
If you find any bug in the code, please report these using the Issue Tracker or by emailing the maintainer of the code.
CONTRIBUTING TO GALPY
Some development notes can be found on the wiki. This includes a list of small and larger extensions of galpy that would be useful here as well as a longer-term roadmap here. Please let the main developer know if you need any help contributing!
DISK DF CORRECTIONS
The dehnendf and shudf disk distribution functions can be corrected to follow the desired surface-mass density and radial-velocity-dispersion profiles more closely (see 1999AJ….118.1201D). Calculating these corrections is expensive, and a large set of precalculated corrections can be found here [tar.gz archive]. Install these by downloading them and unpacking them into the galpy/df_src/data directory before running the setup.py installation. E.g.,
curl -O https://cloud.github.com/downloads/jobovy/galpy/galpy-dfcorrections.tar.gz
tar xvzf galpy-dfcorrections.tar.gz -C ./galpy/df_src/data/Release history Release notifications | RSS feed
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