"""Original normalized schematic spectra, with explicit spin approximations. Python 3.14, numpy 2.3.5, matplotlib 3.10.7. """ from pathlib import Path import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.rcParams.update({'font.size': 12, 'figure.facecolor':'white', 'savefig.facecolor':'white'}) z = np.linspace(0,1,5001) dz=z[1]-z[0] g=5/3-3*z*z+4*z**3/3 weights=g.copy(); weights[[0,-1]]*=.5 summed=np.convolve(weights,weights)*dz y=1-np.arange(summed.size)*dz/2 order=np.argsort(y) y=y[order]; tau=2*summed[order] tau/=np.trapezoid(tau,y) x=np.linspace(0,1,2001) beta=np.sqrt(1-4*80.379**2/200**2) ww=np.maximum(0,2/beta-4*np.abs(x-.5)/beta**2) fig, ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(9,4.8), layout='constrained') ax.plot(y,tau,lw=2.5,color='#275c96',label=r'$\tau^+\tau^-$: high boost, unpolarized independent decays') ax.plot(x,ww,lw=2.5,color='#b45a20',label=r'$W^+W^-$: $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV, independent isotropic decays') ax.axvline(.65,color='#275c96',ls=':',lw=1.2) ax.text(.66,.35,r'$\langle y\rangle_\tau=0.65$',color='#275c96') ax.annotate(r'$W$ threshold limit: $\delta(y-1/2)$',xy=(.5,3.35),xytext=(.08,4.1),arrowprops={'arrowstyle':'->','color':'#78421f'},color='#78421f',fontsize=11) ax.set(xlim=(0,1),ylim=(0,4.5),xlabel=r'Missing-energy fraction $y=E_{\rm miss}/\sqrt{s}$',ylabel='Normalized density',title='Shape comparison; no detector cuts or radiative effects') ax.grid(alpha=.18) ax.legend(loc='upper left',fontsize=9.5,bbox_to_anchor=(0,-.19)) fig.savefig(Path.cwd()/Path(__file__).with_suffix('.png').name,dpi=115,facecolor='white') plt.close(fig)