\documentstyle[12pt]{article} \begin{document} $$ E=-U_{min} \frac{e^{-a U(\theta,\theta_0)}-1}{e^a-1} \quad\mbox{with}\quad U(\theta,\theta_0) =-0.5 \left(1+\cos(\theta-\theta_0) \right) $$ \end{document}