SpheCow: Flexible dynamical models for galaxies and dark matter haloes

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Table 1.

Models currently implemented in the SpheCow code.

Name	`SpheCow` class	References
Models defined by ρ(r)	`DensityModel`
Broken power-law	`BPLModel`	Du et al. (2020), Baes & Camps (2021)
Burkert	`BurkertModel`	Burkert (1995), Salucci & Burkert (2000)
Einasto	`EinastoModel`	Einasto (1965), Cardone et al. (2005)
γ–model	`GammaModel`	Dehnen (1993), Tremaine et al. (1994),
		Carollo et al. (1995), Baes & Dejonghe (2004)
Hernquist	`HernquistModel`	Hernquist (1990), Baes & Dejonghe (2002)
Hypervirial	`HypervirialModel`	Veltmann (1979), Evans & An (2005)
Isochrone	`IsochroneModel`	Hénon (1959, 1960), May & Binney (1986)
Jaffe	`JaffeModel`	Jaffe (1983); Merritt (1985b)
Navarro, Frenk & White	`NFWModel`	Navarro et al. (1997), Łokas & Mamon (2001)
Perfect sphere	`PerfectSphereModel`	de Zeeuw (1985)
Plummer	`PlummerModel`	Plummer (1911), Dejonghe (1987),
		Merritt (1985a); Cuddeford (1991)
Zhao	`ZhaoModel`	Zhao (1996)
Models defined by Σ(R)	`SurfaceDensityModel`
de Vaucouleurs	`DeVaucouleursModel`	de Vaucouleurs (1948), Binney (1982)
Nuker	`NukerModel`	Lauer et al. (1995), Baes (2020)
Sérsic	`SersicModel`	Sérsic (1968), Graham & Driver (2005),
		Ciotti (1991); Baes & Ciotti (2019b)

Notes. Models defined by an analytical density profile are subclasses of the general DensityModel class, models defined by an analytical surface density profile are subclasses of the general SurfaceDensityModel class.

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