"""Plot the cutoff-identification potential; Python 3.14, numpy, matplotlib.""" from pathlib import Path import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use('Agg') import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.rcParams.update({'font.size':12,'axes.spines.top':False,'axes.spines.right':False}) x=np.linspace(-3,3,801) r=np.abs(x) v=(r*np.sqrt(1+r*r)*(2*r*r+1)-np.arcsinh(r))/2 fig,axs=plt.subplots(1,2,figsize=(10,4.2),layout='constrained',facecolor='white') axs[0].plot(x,v,color='#126782',lw=2.5,label='Exact potential') axs[0].plot(x,x**4,color='#ab5425',ls='--',lw=1.8,label='Large-field quartic') axs[0].set(xlabel=r'$\varphi/m$',ylabel=r'$16\pi^2 V/m^4$',title='Even potential; unique minimum at zero') axs[0].legend(loc='upper center',fontsize=10) z=np.linspace(-.5,.5,501);r=np.abs(z) w=(r*np.sqrt(1+r*r)*(2*r*r+1)-np.arcsinh(r))/2 axs[1].plot(z,w,color='#126782',lw=2.5,label='Exact potential') axs[1].plot(z,4*np.abs(z)**3/3,color='#7b4490',ls='--',lw=1.8,label=r'Small-field $4|\varphi/m|^3/3$') axs[1].set(xlabel=r'$\varphi/m$',ylabel=r'$16\pi^2 V/m^4$',title='Massive case: cubic behavior near zero') axs[1].legend(loc='upper center',fontsize=10) for ax in axs: ax.set_facecolor('white');ax.grid(alpha=.18);ax.axhline(0,color='black',lw=.6) fig.savefig(Path.cwd()/Path(__file__).with_suffix('.png').name,dpi=120,facecolor='white',transparent=False,metadata={'Software':'Matplotlib'}) plt.close(fig)