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A finite Carrollian critical point

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-04-17 v1

Abstract

We construct examples of renormalizable Carrollian theories with finite effective central charge and non-trivial dynamics. These include critical points that are not scale-invariant but rather exhibit hyperscaling violation. All of our examples are mildly non-Lagrangian, in that they arise from suitable N0N\to 0 limits of Carrollian theories with NN-component fields, including limits of Carrollian vector models and non-abelian gauge theories. We discuss implications for flat space holography, highlighting challenges in realizing Carrollian duals to gravitational theories.

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@article{arxiv.2504.12289,
  title  = {A finite Carrollian critical point},
  author = {Jordan Cotler and Prateksh Dhivakar and Kristan Jensen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.12289},
  year   = {2025}
}

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21 pages, 2 figures

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