plot.simulation: Visualize an N-body simulation

Description

Basic routine to visualise the result of an N-body simulation, projected onto a plane.

Usage

# S3 method for simulation
plot(
  x,
  y,
  units = 1,
  index1 = 1,
  index2 = 2,
  xlim = NULL,
  ylim = NULL,
  center = c(0, 0, 0),
  cex = 0.3,
  pch = 20,
  title = "",
  asp = 1,
  pty = "m",
  col = "black",
  alpha.orbits = 1,
  alpha.snapshots = 1,
  lwd = 1,
  show.orbits = TRUE,
  show.snapshots = TRUE,
  show.ics = TRUE,
  show.fcs = TRUE,
  ...
)

Value

None

Arguments

x: is a simulation-object as produced by run.simulation
y: deprecated argument included for consistency with generic plot function
units: length unit in SI units
index1: index of the dimension plotted on the x-axis
index2: index of the dimension plotted on the y-axis
xlim: 2-vector specifying the plotting range along the x-axis
ylim: 2-vector specifying the plotting range along the y-axis
center: 3-vector specifying the plotting center in the specified units
cex: point size
pch: point type
title: title of plot
asp: aspect ratio of x and y axes
pty: character specifying the type of plot region to be used; "s" generates a square plotting region and "m" generates the maximal plotting region.
col: either (1) a single color, (2) a n-element vector of colors for each particle or (3) a function(n,...) producing n colors, e.g. 'rainbow'
alpha.orbits: opacity (0...1) of orbital lines.
alpha.snapshots: opacity (0...1) of snapshot points.
lwd: line width of orbital lines.
show.orbits: logical flag. If TRUE (default), the orbits are shown as straight lines between snapshots.
show.snapshots: logical flag. If TRUE (default), points are shown for each snapshot.
show.ics: logical flag. If TRUE (default), the initial positions are highlighted.
show.fcs: logical flag. If TRUE (default), the final positions are highlighted.
...: additional parameters for plot

Author

Danail Obreschkow