A finite Carrollian critical point

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...

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Main Authors: Jordan Cotler, Prateksh Dhivakar, Kristan Jensen
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-08-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2025)172
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description 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 N → 0 limits of Carrollian theories with N-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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spelling doaj-art-82d0f147c8ad420e89cc7b76455fb4c12025-08-24T11:04:55ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-08-012025812010.1007/JHEP08(2025)172A finite Carrollian critical pointJordan Cotler0Prateksh Dhivakar1Kristan Jensen2Department of Physics, Harvard UniversityDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of VictoriaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of VictoriaAbstract 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 N → 0 limits of Carrollian theories with N-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.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2025)172AdS-CFT CorrespondenceGauge-Gravity Correspondence
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A finite Carrollian critical point
Journal of High Energy Physics
AdS-CFT Correspondence
Gauge-Gravity Correspondence
title A finite Carrollian critical point
title_full A finite Carrollian critical point
title_fullStr A finite Carrollian critical point
title_full_unstemmed A finite Carrollian critical point
title_short A finite Carrollian critical point
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topic AdS-CFT Correspondence
Gauge-Gravity Correspondence
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2025)172
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