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 limits of Carrollian theories with -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.
Cite
@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