Simulating the evolution of binary systems modelled as Keplerian rings perturbed by an external potential.

This Python package consists of a collection of tools used to simulate the secular orbital evolution of binary stars torqued by an external tidal field. It was originally devloped as a part of Bub & Petrovich (2020), which examined the secular evolution of binaries in the Galactic centre torqued by a central supermassive black hole and triaxial nuclear star cluster.

Installation requires galpy (Version >= 1.5), Numpy, Scipy, and Astropy. To install, clone the repository and run python setup.py install. For basic usage, see here.

If you have any questions about the installation or operation of the package, feel free to contact the author by email at mathew (dot) bub (at) mail (dot) utoronto (dot) ca.