"""Original charged weak box diagram; Python 3.14, root NumPy/Matplotlib deps. Emits paper-48-kaon-box.png to caller CWD and honors supplied MPLCONFIGDIR. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig,ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(9,4.5),facecolor='white') ax.set_facecolor('white') TL=np.array([0.,1.]);TR=np.array([3.,1.]);BL=np.array([0.,-1.]);BR=np.array([3.,-1.]) def fermion(a,b): a=np.asarray(a);b=np.asarray(b) ax.plot([a[0],b[0]],[a[1],b[1]],color='#172a3a',lw=1.9) middle=(a+b)/2;unit=(b-a)/np.linalg.norm(b-a) ax.annotate('',xy=middle+.2*unit,xytext=middle-.2*unit,arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'-|>','color':'#172a3a','lw':1.6}) fermion((-1.6,1),TL);fermion(TL,TR);fermion(TR,(4.6,1)) fermion(BL,(-1.6,-1));fermion(BR,BL);fermion((4.6,-1),BR) def wavy(a,b): a=np.asarray(a);b=np.asarray(b);t=np.linspace(0,1,220) u=b-a;perp=np.array([-u[1],u[0]])/np.linalg.norm(u) points=a+t[:,None]*u+.09*np.sin(14*np.pi*t)[:,None]*perp ax.plot(points[:,0],points[:,1],color='#1d6ba0',lw=1.7) wavy(BL,TL);wavy(TR,BR) for p in [TL,TR,BL,BR]:ax.scatter(*p,s=22,color='#172a3a',zorder=3) for text,x,y in [(r'$d$',-1.7,1),(r'$s$',4.75,1),(r'$\bar s$',-1.7,-1),(r'$\bar d$',4.75,-1),(r'$u_i$',1.5,1.25),(r'$u_j$',1.5,-1.38)]: ax.text(x,y,text,fontsize=17,ha='center',va='center') ax.text(-.48,0,r'$W^+$',fontsize=16,color='#1d6ba0',ha='center') ax.text(3.48,0,r'$W^+$',fontsize=16,color='#1d6ba0',ha='center') ax.annotate('',xy=(-.22,.42),xytext=(-.22,-.42),arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'->','color':'#1d6ba0'}) ax.annotate('',xy=(3.22,-.42),xytext=(3.22,.42),arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'->','color':'#1d6ba0'}) ax.text(1.5,-1.92,r'Internal flavors: $i,j\in\{u,c,t\}$; black arrows denote fermion flow',ha='center',fontsize=11,color='#334155') ax.text(1.5,-2.23,r'$K^0\ (d\bar s)\ \longrightarrow\ \bar K^0\ (s\bar d)$',ha='center',fontsize=14) ax.set_title('Charged weak box contribution to neutral-kaon mixing',fontsize=14,pad=13) ax.set_xlim(-2.1,5.1);ax.set_ylim(-2.45,1.8);ax.axis('off') fig.tight_layout() fig.savefig('paper-48-kaon-box.png',dpi=130,facecolor='white',transparent=False) plt.close(fig)