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    Quantum channels in random spin chains

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    We study the entanglement between pairs of qubits in a random antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 chain at zero temperature. We show that some very distant pairs of qubits are highly entangled, being almost pure Bell states. Furthermore, the probability to obtain such spin pairs is proportional to the chain disorder strenght and inversely proportional to the square of their separation.Comment: v1: 4 pages, 2 eps figures; v2: discussion about the effect of temperature added, v3: 1 eps figure added, enlarged discussions, 6 pages, published versio

    Holographic Kondo and Fano Resonances

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    We use holography to study a (1+1)(1+1)-dimensional Conformal Field Theory (CFT) coupled to an impurity. The CFT is an SU(N)SU(N) gauge theory at large NN, with strong gauge interactions. The impurity is an SU(N)SU(N) spin. We trigger an impurity Renormalization Group (RG) flow via a Kondo coupling. The Kondo effect occurs only below the critical temperature of a large-NN mean-field transition. We show that at all temperatures TT, impurity spectral functions exhibit a Fano resonance, which in the low-TT phase is a large-NN manifestation of the Kondo resonance. We thus provide an example in which the Kondo resonance survives strong correlations, and uncover a novel mechanism for generating Fano resonances, via RG flows between (0+1)(0 + 1)-dimensional fixed pointsComment: 5 pages + references, 6 figures; v2: discussion clarified, references added; as accepted by PR

    An improved model of vector mesons in holographic QCD

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    We analyze the sector of dimension-three vector meson operators in the "hard wall" model of holographic QCD, including the vector and axial currents, dual to gauge fields in the bulk, and the tensor operator ψˉσμνψ\bar{\psi}\sigma^{\mu\nu}\psi, dual to a two-form field satisfying a complex self-duality condition. The model includes the effect of chiral symmetry breaking on vector mesons, that involves a coupling between the dual gauge field and the two-form field. We compute the leading logarithmic terms in the operator product expansion of two-point functions and the leading non-perturbative contribution to the tensor-vector correlator. The result is consistent with the operator product expansion of QCD. We also study the spectrum of vector mesons numerically.Comment: 19 page

    Control of fluorescence in quantum emitter and metallic nanoshell hybrids for medical applications

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    We study the light emission from quantum emitter and double metallic nanoshell hybrid systems. Quantum emitters act as local sources which transmit their light efficiently due to a double nanoshell near field. The double nanoshell consists a dielectric core and two outer nanoshells
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