"""Original dipole-limit patterns, not copied source figures; Python 3.14.""" import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt theta = np.linspace(0, 2*np.pi, 1000) mu = np.cos(theta) electric = (1+mu**2)/2 pec = 5*(1+mu**2)/8-mu fig = plt.figure(figsize=(9.0, 4.7), layout="constrained") ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 2, 1, projection="polar") ax.plot(theta, electric, lw=2, label="Electric dipole only") ax.plot(theta, pec, lw=2, label="Electric + magnetic (PEC)") ax.set_theta_zero_location("E") ax.set_thetagrids([45, 90, 135, 225, 270, 315]) ax.set_rmax(2.4) ax.set_rticks([.5, 1, 1.5, 2]) ax.set_title("Unpolarized differential scattering\nradius = cross section / $k^4a^6$", fontsize=11, pad=17) ax.text(0, 2.4, "Forward", ha="left", va="center", fontsize=9) ax.text(np.pi, 2.4, "Backward", ha="right", va="center", fontsize=9) ax.legend(loc="lower center", bbox_to_anchor=(.5, -.24), fontsize=8) right = fig.add_subplot(1, 2, 2) angle = np.linspace(0, 180, 900) z = np.cos(np.deg2rad(angle)) right.plot(angle, (1+z*z)/2, lw=2, label="Electric only") right.plot(angle, 5*(1+z*z)/8-z, lw=2, label="PEC: both dipoles") right.scatter([180, 180], [1, 2.25], color=["C0", "C1"], zorder=5) right.annotate("Backward intensity ratio: 9/4\nRange ratio: sqrt(3/2)", xy=(180, 2.25), xytext=(20, 1.8), fontsize=9, arrowprops=dict(arrowstyle="->")) right.set(xlabel="Scattering angle / degrees", ylabel=r"$(d\sigma/d\Omega)/(k^4a^6)$", title="Leading Rayleigh-limit response", xlim=(0, 180), ylim=(0, 2.55)) right.grid(alpha=.18) fig.savefig("paper-1-radar-scattering.png", dpi=150, facecolor="white")