managepotential.h File Reference

Creation of CPotential and CMassModel instances, and input/output of potentials. More...

#include "common.h"

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Namespaces
	smile
	common namespace for all core SMILE classes, functions and variables

Functions
const CDensity *	smile::createDensity (const CConfigPotential *config)
	create a density model according to the parameters. More...
const CPotential *	smile::createPotential (CConfigPotential *config)
	create an instance of CPotential according to the parameters passed. More...
template<typename NumT >
const CPotential *	smile::createPotentialFromPoints (const CConfigPotential *configPotential, const CPointMassSet< NumT > *points)
	create a potential of a generic expansion kind from a set of point masses. More...
const CPotential *	smile::readPotential (CConfigPotential *configPotential)
	load a potential from a text or snapshot file. More...
bool	smile::writePotential (const std::string &fileName, const CPotential *potential)
	write potential expansion coefficients to a text file. More...
CMassModel *	smile::createMassModel (const CDensity *density, int numNodes=NUM_RADIAL_POINTS_SPHERICAL_MODEL, double Rmin=0, double Rmax=0, const CMassModel *poten=NULL)
	create an equivalent spherical mass model for the given density profile. More...

Detailed Description

Creation of CPotential and CMassModel instances, and input/output of potentials.

Author

EV

Date

2010-2015

This file provides several utility function to manage instances of CDensity and CPotential: creating a density or potential model from parameters provided in CConfigPotential, creating a potential from a set of point masses or from an N-body snapshot file, loading potential coefficients from a text file, writing expansion coefficients to a text file, and creating a spherical mass model that approximates the given density model. Note that potential here is elementary (non-composite, no central black hole).