"""Original 2007-2008 abundance comparison, not a current likelihood or BBN solver. Tested with Python 3.14, numpy 2.3.5, matplotlib 3.10.7. Emits cwd basename PNG; honors MPLCONFIGDIR. Near eta10=6, theory fits are from arXiv:0712.1100. D and Li adopted ranges: same review; He: astro-ph/0701580; WMAP:0803.0547. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np eta = np.linspace(3, 8.5, 550) curves = [2.68*(6/eta)**1.6, .2483+.0016*(eta-6), 4.30*(eta/6)**2] observations = [(2.43, 2.95), (.2477-.0029, .2477+.0029), (10**.0, 10**.2)] labels = [r'$10^5\mathrm{D/H}$', r'$Y_p$', r'$10^{10}\,{}^7\mathrm{Li/H}$'] limits = [(0, 9), (.236, .258), (0, 9)] central, sigma = 274*.02273, 274*.00062 fig, axes = plt.subplots(3, 1, figsize=(8.2, 7.3), dpi=140, sharex=True, facecolor='white') for ax, theory, observed, ylabel, ylim in zip(axes, curves, observations, labels, limits): ax.set_facecolor('white') ax.axvspan(central-sigma, central+sigma, color='#d8d8d8', label='WMAP5 density interval') ax.axhspan(*observed, color='#d3e7f3', label='Representative observed range') ax.plot(eta, theory, '--', color='#b13d3d', lw=1.7, label='Trend outside local fit interval') local = (eta >= 5.7) & (eta <= 6.5) ax.plot(eta[local], theory[local], color='#b13d3d', lw=2.5, label='Standard BBN fit near preferred density') ax.set(ylabel=ylabel, ylim=ylim, xlim=(3, 8.5)) ax.grid(alpha=.22) axes[0].legend(loc='upper right', fontsize=8, framealpha=.95) axes[-1].set_xlabel(r'$\eta_{10}=10^{10}n_b/n_\gamma\simeq274\Omega_bh^2$') fig.suptitle('Primordial abundance consistency: a 2007-2008 comparison', fontsize=13) fig.text(.5, .018, 'No modern-data claim; dashed curves are schematic extrapolations, not a full nuclear-network calculation.', ha='center', fontsize=8) fig.tight_layout(rect=(0, .045, 1, .965)) fig.savefig(Path('paper-73-nucleosynthesis.png'), facecolor='white', transparent=False) plt.close(fig)