"""Original vacuum-manifold schematics; output PNG basename to cwd.""" import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig=plt.figure(figsize=(11,3.8),layout="constrained") a=fig.add_subplot(131);b=fig.add_subplot(132);c=fig.add_subplot(133,projection="3d") a.scatter([-1,1],[0,0],s=130,color=["#274e82","#bc5429"]) a.text(-1,-.25,r"$-v$",ha="center");a.text(1,-.25,r"$+v$",ha="center") a.text(0,.65,"Disconnected minima",ha="center") a.text(0,-.75,"Different regions can meet\nacross a physical wall.",ha="center",fontsize=10) a.set(xlim=(-1.7,1.7),ylim=(-1,1),title=r"Walls: nontrivial $\pi_0$");a.axis("off") t=np.linspace(0,2*np.pi,300) b.plot(np.cos(t),np.sin(t),color="#274e82",lw=2) for phi in np.linspace(0,2*np.pi,8,endpoint=False): p=np.array([np.cos(phi),np.sin(phi)]);q=np.array([np.cos(phi+.14),np.sin(phi+.14)]) b.annotate("",xy=q,xytext=p,arrowprops={"arrowstyle":"->","color":"#bc5429","lw":1.6}) b.text(0,0,r"$S^1$",ha="center",fontsize=17) b.text(0,-1.4,"A surrounding physical loop\ncan wind around the vacuum circle.",ha="center",fontsize=9) b.set(xlim=(-1.6,1.6),ylim=(-1.7,1.5),aspect="equal",title=r"Strings: nontrivial $\pi_1$");b.axis("off") u=np.linspace(0,2*np.pi,20);v=np.linspace(0,np.pi,12) xx=np.outer(np.cos(u),np.sin(v));yy=np.outer(np.sin(u),np.sin(v));zz=np.outer(np.ones_like(u),np.cos(v)) c.plot_wireframe(xx,yy,zz,color="#274e82",alpha=.6,lw=.5) c.text(0,0,0,r"$S^2$",fontsize=15) c.set_title(r"Monopoles: nontrivial $\pi_2$",fontsize=12) c.set_box_aspect((1,1,1));c.set_axis_off() fig.savefig("paper-1-defect-topology.png",dpi=150,facecolor="white")