"""Original solution figure; Python 3.14, NumPy 2.3.5, Matplotlib 3.10.7. Dependencies are declared in the repository pyproject.toml. The only output is this script's PNG basename in the caller's current working directory. """ from pathlib import Path import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np def line(ax, a, b, kind="fermion", reverse=False, label=None): a,b=np.asarray(a,dtype=float),np.asarray(b,dtype=float) d=b-a; n=np.array([-d[1],d[0]])/np.linalg.norm(d) if kind in ("wave","gluon"): t=np.linspace(0,1,300) phase=14*np.pi*t z=a[:,None]+d[:,None]*t+0.048*n[:,None]*np.sin(phase) if kind=="gluon": z+=0.035*(d/np.linalg.norm(d))[:,None]*(np.cos(phase)-1)*np.sin(np.pi*t) ax.plot(*z,color="#23628a",lw=1.7) else: ax.plot([a[0],b[0]],[a[1],b[1]],color="#282e33",lw=1.6) if kind=="fermion": v,w=(b,a) if reverse else (a,b) ax.annotate("",xy=v+.61*(w-v),xytext=v+.43*(w-v), arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle="-|>",color="#282e33",lw=1.25)) if label: pos=(a+b)/2+.18*n ax.text(*pos,label,ha="center",va="center",fontsize=11,color="#164866", bbox=dict(facecolor="white",edgecolor="none",pad=.5)) def txt(ax,x,y,s,size=12,**kw): ax.text(x,y,s,ha="center",va="center",fontsize=size,**kw) def setup(ax,xlim=(-.2,7.1),ylim=(-1,3.7)): ax.set_xlim(*xlim);ax.set_ylim(*ylim);ax.axis("off") def dot(ax,*v): ax.plot(*v,"o",color="#282e33",ms=3) def save(fig): fig.savefig(Path.cwd()/Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name, dpi=130,facecolor="white",transparent=False) plt.close(fig) def main(): x=np.linspace(0,10,1001) tau_s=8.958e-11;tau_l=5.18e-8;hbar=6.582119569e-22 omega=3.49e-12*tau_s/hbar;r=tau_s/tau_l common=np.exp(-x)+np.exp(-r*x) interference=2*np.exp(-(1+r)*x/2)*np.cos(omega*x) fig,ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(8.0,4.8)) ax.plot(x,(common+interference)/4,label=r"$I_{K^0}$",lw=2.4,color="#125c99") ax.plot(x,(common-interference)/4,label=r"$I_{\bar K^0}$",lw=2.4,color="#c45c23") ax.plot(x,np.exp(-r*x)/4,ls=":",color="#666666",lw=1.3,label=r"$e^{-t/\tau_L}/4$") cross=np.pi/(2*omega) ax.axvline(cross,color="#888888",ls="--",lw=.9) ax.annotate("First crossing\n$\\,t/\\tau_S=3.307$",xy=(cross,.255),xytext=(4.8,.65), arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle="->",color="#555555"),fontsize=11) ax.set(xlim=(0,10),ylim=(0,1.02),xlabel=r"Proper time $t/\tau_S$",ylabel="Intensity / initial intensity", title="Flavor oscillation and decay of an initially pure $K^0$ beam") ax.grid(alpha=.2);ax.legend(loc="upper right",frameon=False) fig.tight_layout();save(fig) if __name__=="__main__":main()