"""Original exact/approximate S-wave comparison. Python 3.14, NumPy/Matplotlib.""" import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.rcParams.update({"font.size": 10, "figure.facecolor": "white"}) ratio = 4e-4 k = np.sqrt(ratio) inner_k = np.sqrt(1+ratio) q = np.linspace(.035, 8.5, 35000) phase = np.arctan2(k*np.sin(inner_k*q), inner_k*np.cos(inner_k*q))-k*q exact = np.sin(phase)**2 approximation = ratio*np.sin(q)**2/(ratio*np.sin(q)**2+np.cos(q)**2) fig, (ax, zoom) = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(10, 4.4), layout="constrained", gridspec_kw={"width_ratios": [1.65, 1]}) ax.semilogy(q, exact, color="#1767a2", lw=1.8, label="exact S wave") ax.semilogy(q, approximation, "--", color="#b65435", lw=1.5, label="near-threshold approximation") for threshold in np.pi*(np.arange(3)+.5): ax.axvline(threshold, color=".55", ls=":", lw=.9) ax.plot([np.pi, 2*np.pi], [1.6e-10]*2, "v", color="#b65435", ms=6) ax.annotate(r"formal zeros: $q=n\pi$", (np.pi, 1.6e-10), (1.1, 1.5e-8), arrowprops={"arrowstyle": "->", "color": "#b65435"}, color="#b65435", fontsize=9) root = 4.493409457909064 ax.axvline(root, color="#7657a6", ls=":", lw=.8) ax.text(4.8, 5e-8, r"true zero-energy zeros:"+"\n"+r"$\tan q=q$", fontsize=9, color="#7657a6") ax.set(xlabel=r"$q=a\sqrt{2mV_0}/\hbar$", ylabel=r"$\sigma_0/(4\pi/k^2)$", xlim=(0, 8.5), ylim=(1e-10, 2), title=r"Low energy: $E/V_0=4\times10^{-4}$") ax.grid(alpha=.18) ax.legend(loc="lower right", frameon=False, fontsize=9) selected = abs(q-np.pi/2)<.09 zoom.plot(q[selected], exact[selected], color="#1767a2", lw=2) zoom.plot(q[selected], approximation[selected], "--", color="#b65435", lw=1.5) zoom.axvline(np.pi/2, color=".5", ls=":", lw=1) zoom.axhline(1, color=".6", ls=":", lw=1) zoom.text(np.pi/2+.002, .14, "zero-energy\nthreshold", fontsize=9) zoom.set(xlabel=r"$q$", ylabel=r"$\sigma_0/(4\pi/k^2)$", ylim=(0, 1.07), title="First peak approaches unitarity") zoom.grid(alpha=.18) fig.savefig("paper-1-square-well-resonances.png", dpi=155, facecolor="white")