virial_radius_inverse_distance

clustertools.analysis.functions.virial_radius_inverse_distance(cluster, projected=False, full=True)[source]

Calculate virial radius of the cluster - Virial radius is defined as the inverse of the average inverse distance between particles, weighted by their masses – Definition taken from AMUSE (www.amusecode.org) – Portegies Zwart S., McMillan S., 2018, Astrophysical Recipes; The art ofAMUSE, doi:10.1088/978-0-7503-1320-9

Parameters:
clusterclass

StarCluster

projectedbool

calculate projected virial radius (default: False)

fullbool

Use Numba to calculate average inverse distance between stars (default:True)

Returns:
r_vfloat

virial radius