"""Generate an opaque 720 x 280 QED vertex PNG in the current directory. Tested with Python 3.14.4, matplotlib 3.10.7+dfsg1 and numpy 2.3.5. Make chooses the output directory; this script does not mirror media files. """ from pathlib import Path import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(7.2, 2.8), dpi=100, facecolor='white') ax.set(xlim=(0,1), ylim=(0,1)); ax.axis('off') y=.34 ax.plot([.08,.92],[y,y],color='#202a35',linewidth=2.2) for a,b in [(.23,.35),(.66,.78)]: ax.annotate('',xy=(b,y),xytext=(a,y),arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'-|>','color':'#202a35','lw':2}) t=np.linspace(0,1,400) ax.plot(.5+.018*np.sin(12*np.pi*t), y+.47*t,color='#0077ad',linewidth=2.2) ax.plot([.5],[y],'o',color='#202a35',markersize=6) ax.text(.14,.18,r'$u_s(p)$',ha='center',fontsize=14) ax.text(.86,.18,r'$\bar u_{s\prime}(p\prime)$',ha='center',fontsize=14) ax.text(.16,.43,r'$p$',ha='center',fontsize=13) ax.text(.86,.43,r'$p\prime=p+k$',ha='center',fontsize=13) ax.text(.58,.68,r'$k,\ a$',ha='left',fontsize=13,color='#0077ad') ax.text(.5,.04,r'$-ie\gamma^a$',ha='center',fontsize=15) ax.text(.5,.91,'One photon meets an oriented fermion line',ha='center',fontsize=13) fig.subplots_adjust(left=.02,right=.98,bottom=.04,top=.97) fig.savefig(Path.cwd()/'paper-301-qed-vertex.png',dpi=100,facecolor='white',transparent=False) plt.close(fig)