"""Original local Fermi-surface illustration; Python 3.14, NumPy 2.3.5, Matplotlib 3.10.7. Run from _media; the output is this script's basename with a .png suffix. All curves are stipulated teaching models, not helium-3 data. Momentum is p, not wavevector. E_u = p_F**2 / m; m_star / m = 2; Z = 0.65. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 11, "axes.spines.top": False, "axes.spines.right": False, "figure.facecolor": "white"}) fig, (occ, energy) = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(10.4, 4.7), layout="constrained") x = np.linspace(-0.25, 0.25, 1201) z = 0.65 xi = x / 2 thermal = 1 / (1 + np.exp(xi / 0.015)) occ.plot(x, thermal, color="#bb5a17", lw=2.5, label=r"Quasiparticles, $k_B T/E_u=0.015$") for side in [x[x < 0], x[x > 0]]: step = (side < 0).astype(float) occ.plot(side, step, color="#215e9c", lw=2.3, label=r"Quasiparticles, $T=0$" if side[0] < 0 else None) n_particle = z * step + (1 - z) * (0.5 - 0.2 * np.tanh(2 * side)) occ.plot(side, n_particle, color="#278576", lw=2.4, ls="--", label=r"Particles, $T=0$: schematic $Z=0.65$" if side[0] < 0 else None) occ.annotate("", xy=(0, (1 + z) / 2), xytext=(0, (1 - z) / 2), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "<->", "color": "#278576", "lw": 1.8}) occ.text(0.009, 0.58, r"Jump $Z$", color="#176b5e") occ.set(xlim=(-0.25, 0.25), ylim=(-0.025, 1.08), ylabel="Occupation per spin state", xlabel=r"$(p-p_F)/p_F$", title="A. Quasiparticle and particle occupations differ") occ.legend(loc="upper right", fontsize=8.3, bbox_to_anchor=(1, -0.18), frameon=False) energy.axvspan(-0.03, 0.03, color="#f4ce9e", alpha=0.55) energy.axhline(0, color="#9b9b9b", lw=0.8) energy.axvline(0, color="#9b9b9b", lw=0.8) energy.plot(x, x, color="#777777", lw=2, ls="--", label=r"Reference: $m^*=m$") energy.plot(x, xi, color="#215e9c", lw=2.6, label=r"Quasiparticles: $m^*=2m$") energy.scatter([-0.03, 0.03], [-0.015, 0.015], color="#bb5a17", zorder=4, s=24) energy.text(-0.235, 0.19, r"$\xi_p \simeq v_F(p-p_F)$" + "\n" + r"$v_F=p_F/m^*$") energy.text(0.04, -0.17, "Shaded shell:\n" + r"$|\xi_p|\leq k_B T$", color="#9b4a12") energy.set(xlim=(-0.25, 0.25), ylim=(-0.26, 0.26), ylabel=r"$(\epsilon_p-\mu)/E_u$", xlabel=r"$(p-p_F)/p_F$", title="B. A heavier excitation has a gentler slope") energy.legend(loc="upper right", fontsize=9, bbox_to_anchor=(1, -0.18), frameon=False) fig.suptitle(r"Low-energy Fermi liquid: $E_u=p_F^2/m$, $m^*/m=2$" + "\n" "Local illustrative models; neither a global momentum distribution nor a helium fit", fontsize=12.5) fig.savefig(Path(__file__).stem + ".png", dpi=120, facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()