"""Gaussian oscillator energy versus position standard deviation. Tested with Python 3.14.4, NumPy 2.3.5, Matplotlib 3.10.7. Run from the desired output directory; writes an opaque white PNG in cwd. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 12, "figure.facecolor": "white", "axes.facecolor": "white", "savefig.facecolor": "white"}) sigma = np.linspace(0.30, 1.55, 700) kinetic = 1 / (8 * sigma**2) potential = sigma**2 / 2 fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(8, 4.8), dpi=130) ax.plot(sigma, kinetic + potential, color="#235f91", lw=2.8, label=r"Trial energy $E=1/(8\sigma^2)+\sigma^2/2$") ax.plot(sigma, kinetic, color="#af5714", lw=2, ls="--", label=r"Kinetic $1/(8\sigma^2)$") ax.plot(sigma, potential, color="#238367", lw=2, ls="-.", label=r"Potential $\sigma^2/2$") ax.axhline(0.5, color="#545454", lw=1.3, ls=":", label=r"Exact ground energy $E_0=1/2$") ax.scatter([0.5, 1], [0.625, 0.625], color="#235f91", s=40, zorder=5) ax.annotate(r"$\sigma=0.5$: $E=0.625$", (0.5, 0.625), xytext=(0.32, 0.88), fontsize=11, arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#545454"}) ax.annotate(r"$\sigma=1$: $E=0.625$", (1, 0.625), xytext=(1.03, 0.85), fontsize=11, arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#545454"}) ax.scatter([1 / np.sqrt(2)], [0.5], color="#792f86", s=60, zorder=6) ax.annotate(r"$\sigma=1/\sqrt{2}$, $E=0.5$", (1 / np.sqrt(2), 0.5), xytext=(0.73, 0.18), fontsize=11, color="#792f86", arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#792f86"}) ax.set(xlim=(0.30, 1.55), ylim=(0, 1.6), xlabel=r"Position standard deviation $\sigma$", ylabel=r"Energy (units of $\hbar\omega$)", title=r"Gaussian oscillator trials: $\hbar=m=\omega=1$") ax.legend(frameon=False, fontsize=10, loc="upper center") ax.grid(alpha=0.18) ax.spines[["top", "right"]].set_visible(False) fig.tight_layout() fig.savefig(Path.cwd() / Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name, facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()