set polar set xrange[-2.9:2.9] set yrange[-2.9:2.9] set size square set zeroaxis lt -1 lw 1 unset tics set label "v_A < a" at -2,-2 font "Arial,15" set label "B_0" at -0.55,2.2 font "Arial,12" set label "(v_A^2+a^2)^{1/2}" at 1.8,-0.2 font "Arial,10" set label "a" at -0.2,1.6 font "Arial,10" set label "v_A" at -0.2,1.1 font "Arial,10" set style arrow 1 size character 2,20 filled linewidth 2 set arrow 1 from -0.2,1.7 to -0.2,2.4 arrowstyle 1 VA=1 a=VA*sqrt(2) p=3.14 plot VA*cos(p/2-t) title"v_p (shear Alfven wave)" lc rgb "red" linewidth 5, -VA*cos(p/2-t) notitle lc rgb "red" linewidth 5 replot sqrt(0.5*(VA**2+a**2+sqrt((VA**2+a**2)**2-4*VA**2*a**2*cos(p/2-t)**2))) title "v_{pf} (fast mode)" lc rgb "dark-green" linewidth 5 replot sqrt(0.5*(VA**2+a**2-sqrt((VA**2+a**2)**2-4*VA**2*a**2*cos(p/2-t)**2))) title "v_{ps} (slow mode)" lc rgb "blue" linewidth 5 set terminal png set output "V2.png" replot