--- # When calling > python simulation.py filename.yml --output_folder # the simulation will use the default parameters here unless specified name: default simulation: dt: 0.001 #timestep of the simulation tmax: 15 #total runtime of the simulation soft: 0.1 #plummer softening characteristic length saveEvery: 100 #the state of the simulation is saved every saveEvery steps method: bruteForce #method for computing gravitational forces # One of 'bruteForce', 'bruteForceNumba', # bruteForceNumbaOptimized', 'bruteForceCPP', 'barnesHutCPP'. orbit: e: 1 #eccentricity rmin: 1 #separation at pericenter R0: 4 #separation at t=0 galaxy1: orientation: [0, 0] #[theta, phi] in degrees # These are related to i, $\omega$ through theta = i + 180 and $\omega$ = phi centralMass: 1 #mass of the central point object bulge: model: plummer #alternatively: hernquist totalMass: 0 particles: 0 #number of particles l: .04 #characteristic length scale both for plummer and Hernquist models disk: model: uniform #alternatively: rings, exp totalMass: 0 particles: 2000 #number of particles l: 0.8 #for uniform: single number for maximum radius #l: [0., .7, 100] #for rings: [closest ring, furthest ring, number of rings] #l: .2 #for exp: characteristic decay length halo: model: NFW #Navarro-Frenk-White profile only totalMass: 0 particles: 0 #number of particles rs: 1 #characteristic length scale of NFW. Cutoff is 5*rs # The same options are available for the second galaxy galaxy2: orientation: [0, 0] centralMass: 1 bulge: model: plummer totalMass: 0 particles: 0 l: .04 disk: model: uniform totalMass: 0 particles: 0 #the second galaxy does not possess a ring by default l: 0.7 halo: model: NFW totalMass: 0 particles: 0 rs: 1