P_hydro

edge_pydb.conversion.P_hydro(sigmol, sigstar, c_gas=11, sigHI=7, R_half=None)[source]

Calculate the hydrostatic (dynamical equilibrium) pressure from Sigma_mol and Sigma_*, following Sun+20 (2020ApJ…892..148S)

Parameters:
sigmolastropy.table.Column

molecular gas mass surface density (deprojected)

sigstarastropy.table.Column

stellar mass surface density (deprojected)

c_gasfloat

Assumed gas velocity dispersion in km/s. Default is 11 (OML10).

sigHIfloat

Assumed HI mass surface density in solMass/pc2

R_halfastropy.Quantity

input half-light radius for the galaxy (distance units)

Returns:
P_DE: astropy.table.Column

estimate of the dynamical equilibrium pressure

t_ver: astropy.table.Column

estimate of the vertical dynamical timescale

c_star: astropy.table.Column

estimate of stellar velocity dispersion