Bali's ancient rice terraces : a hamiltonian approach

• Main Authors: Gandica, Yérali, Lansing, J. Stephen, Chung, Ning Ning, Thurner, Stefan, Chew, Lock Yue
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Physics; Antiferromagnetism; Hamiltonians
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/153660
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We propose a Hamiltonian approach to reproduce the relevant elements of the centuries-old Subak irrigation system in Bali, showing a cluster-size distribution of rice-field patches that is a power-law with an exponent of ∼2. Besides this exponent, the resulting system presents two equilibria. The fi...