Update Gravitational Potential including indirect terms authored by Elena Lega's avatar Elena Lega
...@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ The gravitational potential entering in the source terms of the Navier-Stokes eq ...@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ The gravitational potential entering in the source terms of the Navier-Stokes eq
1. **The potential from the central massive body** (primary of mass $`M_*`$): 1. **The potential from the central massive body** (primary of mass $`M_*`$):
$`\Phi_*=-{{ G M_*} \over {r}}`$ $`\Phi_*=-{{ G M_*} \over {r}}`$
2. The potential form the planets of mass $m_p$. 2. **The potential form the planets** of mass $m_p$.
Below we consider the case of one single planet, easily extended to multiple planets. Below we consider the case of one single planet, easily extended to multiple planets.
- In the 3 Dimensional case - In the 3 Dimensional case
we use a cubic-potential of the form: we use a cubic-potential of the form:
...@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ To select this choice for a simulation in the config file: ...@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ To select this choice for a simulation in the config file:
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3. **The potential accounting for the acceleration of the primary (indirect terms)**