/synthetic_galaxies

Primary LanguageJupyter Notebook

Galactic Particle Orbit Visualizer

Generates videos of particle orbits in various galactic potential models.

One million particles under a Navarro-Frenk-White potential

Structure

  • code/gutils.py:

    • Functions to generate density distributions.
    • Sample particle positions.
    • Compute initial velocities.

  • code/plot_utils.py:

    • Utility functions for plotting the orbits.

  • code/compute_and_plot.ipynb:

    • Main Jupyter notebook for generating frames at each time step of the integrated orbits.

Dependencies

This project requires the following Python packages:

  • Gala: A Python library for galactic dynamics.
  • Astropy: A community-developed core Python package for Astronomy.
  • SymPy: A Python library for symbolic mathematics.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.