"""Original illustrative pressure-temperature branches; Python 3.14, matplotlib 3.10.7 and NumPy 2.3.5. Output is relative to the current directory. Eventual source: adjacent to paper-315.bigb; no file writes outside CWD. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np t0=1000.;alpha=.05 fig,axes=plt.subplots(1,2,figsize=(10,5),dpi=100,facecolor='white') for ax,sign,p0 in zip(axes,(1,-1),(.01,1)): x=np.linspace(0,2,401) pressure=p0*np.exp(sign*x) temp=t0+(x/alpha)**2 ax.plot(temp,pressure,color='#165a96',lw=2.7) ax.scatter([t0],[p0],color='#165a96',zorder=4) ax.set_yscale('log');ax.invert_yaxis() ax.set_xlim(900,2750) ax.set_xlabel('Temperature (K)') ax.set_ylabel('Pressure (bar; increasing downward)') ax.set_title('Outward cooling: α > 0' if sign==1 else 'Thermal inversion: α < 0') ax.grid(True,which='both',alpha=.22) ax.text(.04,.06,f'Assumed T₀ = 1000 K\n|α| = 0.05 K⁻¹ᐟ²\nP₀ = {p0:g} bar', transform=ax.transAxes,fontsize=10,bbox=dict(facecolor='white',edgecolor='.8')) fig.suptitle('Local illustrative branches; not an observed planet',fontsize=13) fig.subplots_adjust(left=.09,right=.98,bottom=.13,top=.83,wspace=.35) out=Path('paper-315-pt-profile.png') fig.savefig(out,dpi=100,facecolor='white',transparent=False) plt.close(fig) print(out.resolve())