vice.toolkit.J21_sf_law.area

Type : float

The surface area of the star forming region in \(kpc^2\). In the milkway object, this is an annulus for which calculation of the area is trivial.

Example Code

>>> import vice
>>> mw = vice.milkyway(name = "example")
>>> mw.zones[0].tau_star.area
0.7853981633974483
>>> mw.zones[10].tau_star.area
16.493361431346415