LIMEPY

Lowered Isothermal Model Explorer in PYthon

Python environment for solving distribution function (DF) based lowered isothermal models as described in Gieles & Zocchi 2015, MNRAS, 454, 576 (http://arxiv.org/abs/1508.02120)

Notebooks with example can be found in <https://github.com/mgieles/limepy/tree/master/notebooks>

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Features

  • Solves Poisson’s equation used on input parameters
  • Fast solutions for isotropic/anisotropic, single/multi-mass models
  • Normalised DF values
  • Density and velocity moments
  • Projected properties
  • Generate discrete samples