Nonlocal Cooper pair Splitting in a pSn Junction

Perfect Cooper pair splitting is proposed, based on crossed Andreev reflection (CAR) in a p-type semiconductor - superconductor - n-type semiconductor (pSn) junction. The ideal splitting is caused by the energy filtering that is enforced by the bandstructure of the electrodes. The pSn junction is modeled by the Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations and an extension of the Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk theory beyond the Andreev approximation. Despite a large momentum mismatch, the CAR current is predicted to be large. The proposed straightforward experimental design and the 100% degree of pureness of the nonlocal current open the way to pSn structures as high quality sources of entanglement

Interaction-induced Renormalization of Andreev Reflection

We analyze the charge transport between a one-dimensional weakly interacting electron gas and a superconductor within the scaling approach in the basis of scattering states. We derive the renormalization group equations, which fully account for the intrinsic energy dependence due to Andreev reflection. A strong renormalization of the corresponding reflection phase is predicted even for a perfectly transparent metal-superconductor interface. The interaction-induced suppression of the Andreev conductance is shown to be highly sensitive to the normal state resistance, providing a possible explanation of experiments with carbon-nanotube/superconductor junctions by Morpurgo et al. [Science 286, 263 (2001)].Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure

Quark scalar current correlator in AdS/QCD approach

We use a holographic model to compute the quark scalar current correlator. Already used in other contexts, our model consists in a bulk field theory defined on a deformed Anti de Sitter space and allows to derive analogous results to those of the soft wall model. One issue of such computations is to understand relevant holographic physical constraints which give predictive QCD results rather than to make the inverse step as done until now.Comment: Talk presented at QCD 10, the 25-th anniversary of QCD Montpellier conference series, to appear in the Proceeding

Absorption of heat into a superconductor-normal metal-superconductor junction from a fluctuating environment

We study a diffusive superconductor-normal metal-superconductor junction in an environment with intrinsic incoherent fluctuations which couple to the junction through an electromagnetic field. When the temperature of the junction differs from that of the environment, this coupling leads to an energy transfer between the two systems, taking the junction out of equilibrium. We describe this effect in the linear response regime and show that the change in the supercurrent induced by this coupling leads to qualitative changes in the current-phase relation and for a certain range of parameters, an increase in the critical current of the junction. Besides normal metals, similar effects can be expected also in other conducting weak links.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures - supplementary information included: 3 pages, 1 figure; minor modifications to the text and Fig. 2, added Ref. 1

Estimation of the particle-antiparticle correlation effect for pion production in heavy ion collisions

Estimation of the back-to-back pi-pi correlations arising due to evolution of the pionic field in the course of pion production process is given for central heavy nucleus collisions at moderate energies.Comment: 6 LaTeX pages + 5 ps figure

Cold Quark Matter, Quadratic Corrections and Gauge/String Duality

We make an estimate of the quadratic correction in the pressure of cold quark matter using gauge/string duality.Comment: 7 pages; v.2: reference added; v.3: reference and comments added, version to appear in PRD; v4. final version to appear in PRD; v.5: key reference adde

Crossed Andreev reflection in diffusive contacts

Crossed Andreev reflection in multiterminal structures in the diffusive regime is addressed within the quasiclassical Keldysh-Usadel formalism. The elastic cotunneling and crossed Andreev reflection of quasiparticles give nonlocal currents and voltages (depending on the actual biasing of the devices) by virtue of the induced proximity effect in the normal metal electrodes. The magnitude of the nonlocal processes is found to scale with the square of the barrier transparency and to decay exponentially with interface spacing. Nonlocal cotunneling and crossed Andreev conductances are found to contribute equally to the nonlocal current, which is of relevance to the use of normal metal-superconducting heterostructures as sources of entanglement

Hydrodynamic description of transport in strongly correlated electron systems

We develop a hydrodynamic description of the resistivity and magnetoresistance of an electron liquid in a smooth disorder potential. This approach is valid when the electron-electron scattering length is sufficiently short. In a broad range of temperatures, the dissipation is dominated by heat fluxes in the electron fluid, and the resistivity is inversely proportional to the thermal conductivity, $\kappa$. This is in striking contrast with the Stokes flow, in which the resistance is independent of $\kappa$ and proportional to the fluid viscosity. We also identify a new hydrodynamic mechanism of spin magnetoresistance