"""Draw an original charged-current kaon box, emitting a PNG basename to cwd. Tested Python 3.14.4, NumPy 2.3.5, Matplotlib 3.10.7 system +dfsg1. Caller MPLCONFIGDIR remains unchanged. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.patches import FancyArrowPatch fig,ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(9.8,5.2001),dpi=100,facecolor='white') ax.set(xlim=(0,10),ylim=(0,5.6));ax.axis('off') color='#243546' for y in [1.6,3.8]:ax.plot([.7,9.3],[y,y],color=color,lw=1.8) for y in [1.6,3.8]: for x in [1.4,4.35,7.65]: a,b=((x,y),(x+.6,y)) if y>2 else ((x+.6,y),(x,y)) ax.add_patch(FancyArrowPatch(a,b,arrowstyle='-|>',mutation_scale=16,lw=1.3,color=color)) for x in [3.0,7.0]: t=np.linspace(0,1,300);ax.plot(x+.12*np.sin(2*np.pi*8*t),1.6+2.2*t,color='#2175a0',lw=1.8) ax.scatter([3,3,7,7],[1.6,3.8,1.6,3.8],s=30,color=color,zorder=5) for x,y,t in [(1,4.15,r'$d\ \mathrm{in}$'),(9,4.15,r'$s\ \mathrm{out}$'),(1,1.1,r'$\bar s\ \mathrm{in}$'),(9,1.1,r'$\bar d\ \mathrm{out}$'),(5,4.18,r'$u_i$'),(5,1.14,r'$\bar u_j$'),(2.55,2.7,r'$W^-$'),(7.50,2.7,r'$W^+$')]:ax.text(x,y,t,ha='center',va='center',fontsize=16) ax.text(.6,2.7,r'$K^0=d\bar s$',ha='left',fontsize=16) ax.text(9.4,2.7,r'$\bar K^0=s\bar d$',ha='right',fontsize=16) ax.text(5,5.15,'One-loop charged weak box for neutral-kaon mixing',ha='center',fontsize=17,weight='bold') ax.text(5,.62,r'$i,j\in\{u,c,t\}$; each weak vertex carries a CKM factor',ha='center',fontsize=14) ax.text(5,.18,'Arrows show fermion flow; the internal quark flavors are summed.',ha='center',fontsize=12) fig.subplots_adjust(left=.015,right=.985,bottom=.015,top=.985) fig.savefig('paper-52-kaon-box.png',dpi=100,facecolor='white',transparent=False) plt.close(fig)