🔒 Help making a graph look 'professional'

[waxen saddle]

Hello, have this code:

plot.plot(v, P_holeg, label = "Hole A = 1cm$^2$")
plot.plot(v, P_n, label = "Neutron Decay")
plot.plot(v, P_b, label = "Barrier d = 70nm")
plot.legend()
plot.xlabel('Velocity (cm/s)')
plot.ylabel('Probability')
plot.title('Cell Loss Probabilites 160 neV Potential')
plot.grid()
plot.show()```

plots some linear functions... What i'm trying to do is see what I can do to make it look more ready to go into some research papers since I currently have the image attached

any and all help is apprecaited ❤️

[solid bronze]

@waxen saddle

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[modern sandal]

Use a logarithmic y-axis (and maybe x too), use frameon=False for the legend, probably remove grid, set a specific figure size (matching the size the figure would have in the article) so that the text is the right size for the article.

When writing formulas consider including the symbols in them too, e.g. I'd change "Hole A = 1cm$^2$" to "Hole $A = 1\text{cm}^2$"

[waxen saddle]

Cool, I'll try those, I only ask because the graphs I deal with mostly look like these but mine just appear childlike in comparison

[modern sandal]

This plot doesn't look very complex, you could match it exactly if needed. The only nonobvious detail I see is the mirrored and inward-pointing axis ticks, which'd need:

plt.gca().tick_params(direction="in")
plt.gca().xaxis.set_tick_params(top=True)
plt.gca().yaxis.set_tick_params(right=True)

[waxen saddle]

Cool, I'll have a look at this 😄

It doesn't seem complex you're right. Maybe it's just the colours.

Appreciate the help!

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