An embedding space approach to Carrollian CFT correlators for flat space holography

Abstract Carrollian conformal field theories (carrollian CFTs) are natural field theories on null infinity of an asymptotically flat spacetime or, more generally, geometries with conformal carrollian structure. Using a basis transformation, gravitational S-matrix elements can be brought into the for...

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Main Author: Jakob Salzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-10-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2023)084
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Summary:Abstract Carrollian conformal field theories (carrollian CFTs) are natural field theories on null infinity of an asymptotically flat spacetime or, more generally, geometries with conformal carrollian structure. Using a basis transformation, gravitational S-matrix elements can be brought into the form of correlators of a carrollian CFT. Therefore, it has been suggested that carrollian CFTs could provide a co-dimension one dual description to gravity in asymptotically flat spacetimes. In this work, we construct an embedding space formalism for three-dimensional carrollian CFTs and use it to determine two- and three-point correlators. These correlators are fixed by the global subgroup, ISO(1, 3), of the carrollian conformal symmetries, i.e., the Bondi-van der Burg-Metzner-Sachs symmetries (BMS). The correlators coincide with well-known two- and three-point scattering amplitudes in Minkowski space written with respect to a basis of asymptotic position states.
ISSN:1029-8479