#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Original Q10 effective-potential plots. Tested Python 3.14/mpl 3.10.7/np 2.3.5. Run from the wiki root; output is under its mirrored _media directory. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np r=np.linspace(.13,5,1200) fig,axs=plt.subplots(1,2,figsize=(8.0,3.6),layout='constrained') for ax,k,label in zip(axs,[1,-1],['Repulsive: $k=+1$','Attractive: $k=-1$']): ax.plot(r,.5/r**2+k/r,color='#174d82',lw=2.2) ax.axhline(0,color='black',lw=.7) ax.set(xlim=(0,5),ylim=(-.7,3),xlabel='$r$',ylabel='$V_{\\mathrm{eff}}(r)$',title=label) ax.grid(alpha=.18) ax.text(.7,2.4,'$h=1$',fontsize=11) axs[1].scatter([.5,1],[0,-.5],color='#b02e32',zorder=3) axs[1].annotate('zero: $r=1/2$',(.5,0),xytext=(1.2,.65),arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'->'},fontsize=10) axs[1].annotate('minimum: $(1,-1/2)$',(1,-.5),xytext=(1.7,-.5),arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'->'},fontsize=9) output=Path('paper-4-effective-potentials.png') output.parent.mkdir(parents=True,exist_ok=True) fig.savefig(output,dpi=100,facecolor='white');plt.close(fig)