[yt-users] What is code units? How to convert it into kps or mps

[Reju Sam John]

Hi Elizabeth,
Thank you.... thank you very much.



On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 1:47 PM, Elizabeth Tasker <
tasker at astro1.sci.hokudai.ac.jp> wrote:

> Hi Reju,
>
> Code units are the units that are used within the simulation. If you’re
> running a cosmological model, then these units are specified via the choice
> “G = 1”.
>
> To convert to something more digestible, I believe you can do:
>
> vr/pf.units[“mpc”]
>
> or whatever unit you’d like, if not megaparsecs.
>
> Elizabeth
>
> On Jun 11, 2014, at 5:11 PM, Reju Sam John <rejusamjohn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > >>>  vr = halo[i].virial_radius(virial_overdensity=200.0, bins=100)
> >
> > will return the virial radius of the halo in code units.
> >
> > What is code units? How to convert it into kps or mps?
> > --
> > Reju Sam John
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