"""Oxford A10 (2017), question 3(c): actual first-order particle orbits. Tested with Python 3.14.4, NumPy 2.3.5 and Matplotlib 3.10.7. Dependencies are declared in the repository root pyproject.toml. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def main(): k = d = g = 1.0 a = 0.025 phase = np.linspace(0, -2 * np.pi, 600) fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(8.0, 4.6), facecolor="white", sharey=True) for ax, c2 in zip(axes, [0.3, 2.0], strict=True): b = a * k * c2 / (k * c2 * np.cosh(k * d) - g * np.sinh(k * d)) x = np.linspace(-0.2, 1.3, 500) ax.plot(x, b * np.sin(k * x), color="#176b93", lw=1.6, label="Surface at $t=0$") ax.plot(x, -d + a * np.sin(k * x), color="#b4591c", lw=1.6, label="Bed at $t=0$") ax.axhline(0, color="0.6", ls="--", lw=0.8) ax.axhline(-d, color="0.6", ls="--", lw=0.8) for mean_x, mean_y in zip([0.0, 0.33, 0.66, 0.99], [-0.85, -0.6, -0.35, -0.1], strict=True): horizontal = b * (g / (k * c2) * np.cosh(k * mean_y) + np.sinh(k * mean_y)) vertical = b * (g / (k * c2) * np.sinh(k * mean_y) + np.cosh(k * mean_y)) orbit_x = mean_x + horizontal * np.cos(phase) orbit_y = mean_y + vertical * np.sin(phase) ax.plot(orbit_x, orbit_y, color="#37474f", lw=1.6) ax.plot(mean_x, mean_y, ".", color="0.6", ms=3) # Increasing physical time decreases phase for c>0. ax.annotate("", xy=(orbit_x[125], orbit_y[125]), xytext=(orbit_x[80], orbit_y[80]), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#37474f", "lw": 1.2, "mutation_scale": 9}) ax.text(mean_x, mean_y - 0.083, f"$\\bar y={mean_y:g}$", ha="center", fontsize=8) regime = "Below resonance" if c2 < g / k * np.tanh(k * d) else "Above resonance" ax.set(title=f"{regime}: $c^2={c2:g}$\n$b/a={b/a:.3f}$", xlabel="$x$", xlim=(-0.2, 1.3), ylim=(-1.10, 0.13), aspect="equal") ax.set_facecolor("white") ax.spines[["top", "right"]].set_visible(False) axes[0].set_ylabel("$y$") axes[1].legend(loc="lower right", fontsize=8, frameon=False) fig.suptitle("Bottom-forced particle orbits: $k=d=g=1$, $a=0.025$", fontsize=12) fig.tight_layout() output = Path.cwd() fig.savefig(output / Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name, dpi=170, facecolor="white", transparent=False) plt.close(fig) if __name__ == "__main__": main()