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Welcome to the GROUPy (Getting ROCKSTAR Output Using Python) wiki!

This is a library which attempts to make it easier to harvest and use data from the ROCKSTAR outputs. Current functionality:

• Given all of the halo outfiles, creates an easy-to-keep-track-of halo object that has the position, velocity, mass, etc. evolutions
• Finds the most bound particle in each halo. Note that in order to use this functionality, use the 'FULL_PARTICLE_CHUNKS' functionality when you run rockstar.

Questions? email me: dane.cross2016 at gmail dot com

Prerequisites

• Numpy
• astropy
• Matplotlib (for plotting)

How to "Install"

• add path/to/SIDM_GC_formation/lib to your $PYTHONPATH

Documentation

• Documentation on the Halo Class
• Documentation on the Particle Class
• Documentation of the Harvest Library
• Documentation of the Energies Library

Examples of Use Cases for These Libraries

• Running the Tests (these give a wide, well commented range of examples of how to use this library)
• How to Get and Plot Data: No Particles
• How to Get and Plot Data with Particles
• How to Get the Most Bound Particle
• How to Save and Load Halos/Particles