"""Original explanatory calculation. Save the PNG basename in the working directory.""" import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np plt.rcParams.update({"font.size":10,"axes.spines.top":False,"axes.spines.right":False}) def finish(fig,name): fig.savefig(name+".png",dpi=150,bbox_inches="tight",facecolor="white") plt.close(fig) k=np.geomspace(.001,1000,500) eps=.01 fig,ax=plt.subplots(figsize=(8,3.8),layout="constrained") ax.plot(k,k**(-2*eps),"k--",label=r"Tensor: $n_T=-2\epsilon_H=-0.02$") for eps2,color in [(.04,"#0072b2"),(0,"#d55e00"),(-.04,"#009e73")]: slope=-2*eps-eps2 ax.plot(k,k**slope,color=color,label=rf"Scalar: $\epsilon_2={eps2:+.2f}$, $n_s-1={slope:+.2f}$") ax.axvline(1,ls=":",color="#999999") ax.set(xscale="log",xlabel=r"$k/k_*$",ylabel="Power / power at pivot",title=r"Illustrative local slow-roll slopes at $\epsilon_H=0.01$") ax.legend(fontsize=9) fig.text(.5,-.02,r"$\epsilon_2=d\ln\epsilon_H/dN$; the curves illustrate local slopes, not a fitted CMB data set.",ha="center",fontsize=9) finish(fig,"paper-1-inflation-tilt")