"""Original accelerated-worldline signals and Rindler grid. Python 3.14; numpy, matplotlib.""" import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig,ax=plt.subplots(1,2,figsize=(10,5.2),layout='constrained',facecolor='white') rap=np.linspace(-1.3,2.25,650);X=np.cosh(rap);T=np.sinh(rap);L=.4 ax[0].plot(X,T,color='#176a9a',lw=2.2,label='Ship, initially at rest') x=np.linspace(0,4.3,300);ax[0].plot(x,x,'k--',lw=1,label='Reception horizon') ax[0].plot([L,L],[-1.5,4.2],color='.5',lw=1,label='Stationary source') for te,col,lab in [(-.2,'#36844e',r'$at_e=-0.2$, received'),(.2,'#c77a20',r'$at_e=0.2$, received'),(.6,'#aa3f4c',r'$at_e=0.6$, never received')]: xx=np.linspace(L,4.3,200);ax[0].plot(xx,te+xx-L,color=col,lw=1.2,label=lab) if te'),color='#176a9a',fontsize=10) ax[1].text(.2,3.65,r'$\zeta$ constant: hyperbolae',fontsize=9,color='.4') ax[1].set(xlim=(0,4.3),ylim=(-1.3,4.2),xlabel='ax',ylabel='at',title='Right-wedge Rindler coordinates') for a in ax:a.set_aspect('equal',adjustable='box');a.grid(alpha=.15) fig.savefig('paper-1-rindler-signals.png',dpi=150,facecolor='white')