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Name

mkommod - generate N-body system with anisotropic distribution function

Synopsis

mkommod in=in_file out=out_file [parameter=value] ...

Description

mkommod generates N-body realizations of a spherical system with a spheroidal anisotropic distribution function a la Osipkov-Merritt, using tables of radius, mass, potential, and distribution function.

We keep a number of example tables in $NEMODAT, see data(5NEMO) for a full description.

Parameters

The following parameters are recognized in order; they may be given in any order if the keyword is also given. Use --help to confirm this man page is up to date.
in=in_file
Read input tables in binary from in_file, which should contain an OsipkovMerrittModel data set.

Default: required.

out=out_file
Write snapshot(s) to out_file in snapshot(5NEMO) form. Default: required.
nbody=num_bodies
Number of particles to generate per model. Default: 512.
seed=random_seed
Seed used to initialize random number generator. Default: 123.
ftrun=mass_frac
To save time in the rejection phase, all particles generated will lie within the radius containing a fraction mass_frac of the total mass. Since the d.f. is not truncated in energy, this amounts to a slight bias in the orbital phases of a few outlying particles. Default: 0.999.
zerocm=zero_flag
If true, zero center of mass of generated model(s). Default: true.
nmodel=num_models
Number of models to generate, written one after the other to out_file. Default: 1.
headline=message
Message prepended to out_file.
epsilon=epsilon
Small number that controls potential roundoff problems in f(E) [Default: 1.0e-10].

Examples


mkommod in=$NEMODAT/k2isot.dat out=k1.snap nbody=1000

See Also

mkplummer(1NEMO) , snapshot(5NEMO)


Binney & Tremaine (1987), pp.240
Osipkov, L.P. 1979, Soviet Astron Lett, 5, 42.
Merritt, D. 1985, AJ, 90, 1027.
LIMEPY: https://github.com/mgieles/limepy
agama: https://github.com/GalacticDynamics-Oxford/Agama

Files


$NEMODAT/k?isot.dat     isotropic King models (1,3,5)
$NEMODAT/k?an??.dat     anisotropic King models (1,3,5)
$NEMODAT/plum.dat       isotropic Plummer model

Author

Joshua E. Barnes

History


22-may-88    V1.x created/documented       JEB
5-jul-97    V2.0 added epsilon, some code cleanup    PJT


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