594 research outputs found
The Possibility of a Green Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Kenya
It is widely believed that a Green Revolution similar to the one achieved in Asia is impossible in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although grain yields have been stagnant in this region, there are some signs of the intensification of farming systems in the face of growing population pressure on limited land resources. In this paper we focus on the new farming system based on the use of manure produced by dairy cows, which may be termed an “Organic Green Revolution.†Using the farm household data collected from Kenya, this paper demonstrates that the Organic Green Revolution has a potential of doubling maize yields in highlands of Kenya.Green Revolution, Agricultural Revolution, Organic Green Revolution, dairy cows, manure, chemical fertilizer, maize yield, International Development,
Novel Extrapolation Method in the Monte Carlo Shell Model
We propose an extrapolation method utilizing energy variance in the Monte
Carlo shell model in order to estimate the energy eigenvalue and observables
accurately. We derive a formula for the energy variance with deformed Slater
determinants, which enables us to calculate the energy variance efficiently.
The feasibility of the method is demonstrated for the full -shell
calculation of Ni, and the applicability of the method to a system
beyond current limit of exact diagonalization is shown for the
+-shell calculation of Ge.Comment: 4 pages, 4figure
Neutrino Nucleus Reactions based on New Shell Model Hamiltonians
A new shell model Hamiltonian for p-shell nuclei which properly takes into
account important roles of spin-isospin interactions is used to obtain cross
sections of neutrino-^12C reactions induced by decay-at-rest (DAR) neutrinos as
well as supernona neutrinos. Branching ratios to various decay channels are
calculated by the Hauser-Feshbach theory. Neutrino-^4He reactions are also
investigated by using recent shell model Hamiltonians. The reaction cross
sections are found to be enhanced for both ^12C and ^4He compared with previous
calculations. As an interesting consequence of this, a possible enhancement of
the production yields of light elements, ^7Li and ^11B, during supernova
explosions is pointed out.Comment: 11 pages, 14 eps-figures, to be published in Physical Review C (in
press
Efficient computation of Hamiltonian matrix elements between non-orthogonal Slater determinants
We present an efficient numerical method for computing Hamiltonian matrix
elements between non-orthogonal Slater determinants, focusing on the most
time-consuming component of the calculation that involves a sparse array. In
the usual case where many matrix elements should be calculated, this
computation can be transformed into a multiplication of dense matrices. It is
demonstrated that the present method based on the matrix-matrix multiplication
attains 80% of the theoretical peak performance measured on systems
equipped with modern microprocessors, a factor of 5-10 better than the normal
method using indirectly indexed arrays to treat a sparse array. The reason for
such different performances is discussed from the viewpoint of memory access.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure
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