Ising Model to describe Pistachio trees: new PNAS paper from Jon Machta and collaborators

Publication date: Sun, Feb 25, 2018 - 12:30pm
Jonathan Machta

A new paper by Professor Emeritus Jon Machta and collaborators, with lead author former UMass Visiting Scientist Andrew Noble, is highlighted in an article in Physics World. Published in PNAS, the research demonstrates a surprising mapping between the variations in the annual yield pattern of pistachio trees and the dynamical correlations that develop in an Ising Model near its critical point.