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Universal Aspects of Entanglement in Quantum Field Theory and String Theory

Gabriel Wong

Published Jul 28, 2017• 0 citations
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Only in the leap from the lion's head will he prove his worth..." So uttered Indiana Jones in the finale of "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" as he looked across an impassible chasm separating him from the final resting place of the holy grail.The riddle is a clue-to reach the grail, Indy must take a leap of faith, literally stepping out onto thin air to walk across the chasm.In the movie, Indy takes the leap, hand over his heart, and finds to his surprise a nearly invisible bridge under his feet that carries him across the abyss.A liberal, perhaps Kierkegaardian interpretation of this moment would contend that the bridge really didn't exist before Indy step foot on it.Rather, it was his leap of faith that created it.Likewise, the passage from student to researcher demands such a leap.In the absence of any religious conviction on my part, this leap was made possible by a long list of people who believed in me and supported me along the way.This list begins with my advisers Diana Vaman and Israel Klich for their guidance, collaboration and for helping me chart my own course, Leopoldo Pando-Zayas for getting me started on my first project on entanglement and for encouraging me to search for the deep questions, William Donnelly for being a generous collaborator and teaching me about entanglement edge modes.Like all great human endeavors, Physics is a living discipline that is passed down from generation to generation, from heart to heart.Among the physicists whose mentoring and encouragement helped shape my view of physics are

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10.18130/v3k79d

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