This report reviews key developments in Carrollian physics with an emphasis on their role in the emerging framework of holography in asymptotically flat spacetimes. We begin by introducing the Carrollian limit, understood as a contraction of the Poincaré group obtained by formally taking the speed of light to zero. The geometric structures associated with this limit are described and argued to arise naturally on null hypersurfaces, most notably on null infinity, as well as black hole and cosmological horizons. Building on this, we examine the relation between the Bondi-Metzner-Sachs symmetries governing asymptotically flat gravity and the conformal Carrollian symmetries. Explicit examples of Carrollian field theories are constructed by implementing the limit on well-known relativistic field theories, with particular attention to Carrollian CFTs. We then present the Carrollian holography proposal, according to which gravity in asymptotically flat spacetimes is dual to a Carrollian CFT living at null infinity in one lower dimension. In this framework, the massless $\mathcal{S}$-matrix written in position space at null infinity is naturally reinterpreted in terms of boundary Carrollian CFT correlators, called Carrollian amplitudes. We highlight their relation to celestial amplitudes and show how they naturally emerge from holographic CFT correlators through a correspondence between the flat space limit in the bulk and the Carrollian limit at the boundary. Using this correspondence, we provide strong evidence that flat space holography arises from a controlled and consistent limiting procedure applied to both sides of the AdS/CFT duality. We conclude by outlining future directions and open questions in the program.
Carrollian holography with agentic AI: Real mass is imaginary
Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences (SIMIS)(上海数学与交叉学科研究院);Fudan Center for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Study, Fudan University(复旦大学数学交叉研究中心);Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (BIMSA)(北京国际数学研究中心)
Spin-1 Bulk Local States in AdS/CFT and Carrollian Holography
University of Waterloo(滑铁卢大学);Kyoto University(京都大学);Hetao Institute of Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences(河套数学与交叉科学研究院);Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University(京都大学汤川理论物理研究所);University of Tokyo(东京大学);RIKEN Center for Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS)(理化学研究所交叉理论与数学科学中心(iTHEMS));Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics(理论物理珀塞尔研究所)
Carrollian Worldsheets on Carrollian Targets, When does ILST describe a null string theory?
School of Physics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM)(基础科学研究所物理学院);Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications (BIMSA)(北京数学与应用数学研究所)
Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción(天主教圣婴大学);Universidad Arturo Prat(阿图罗·普拉特大学);Politecnico di Torino(都灵理工大学);Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)(意大利国家核物理研究所)
Conformal Blocks in 2d Carrollian/Galilean CFTs and Excited State Entanglement Entropy
Center for Gravitational Physics and Quantum Information, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University(京都大学汤川理论物理研究所引力物理与量子信息中心);Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University(清华大学丘成桐数学科学中心);Department of Physics, Kyoto University(京都大学物理学系);Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics(围场理论物理研究所)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur(坎普尔印度理工学院);Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Campus(比拉理工科学与技术学院皮拉尼校区);Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, Postech(韩国高等科学技术研究所亚太理论物理中心);University of Victoria(维多利亚大学);Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics(萨哈核物理研究所);Homi Bhabha National Institute(霍米·巴巴国立研究所)
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur(坎普尔印度理工学院);University of Victoria(维多利亚大学);Chennai Mathematical Institute(金奈数学研究所);Homi Bhabha National Institute(霍米·巴巴国立研究所);The Institute of Mathematical Sciences(数学科学研究所)
Yau Mathematical Sciences Center, Tsinghua University(清华大学丘成桐数学科学中心);School of Physical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research, An OCC of Homi Bhabha National Institute(国家科学教育与研究学院物理科学学院,霍米·巴巴国立学院附属机构);Theory Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics(萨哈核物理研究所理论部);Homi Bhabha National Institute(霍米·巴巴国立学院);CPHT, CNRS, École polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris(巴黎综合理工学院高等物理与化学工业研究院(CPHT),法国国家科学研究中心(CNRS),巴黎理工学院);Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur(坎普尔印度理工学院)
Tsinghua University(清华大学);Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics(理论物理前沿研究所);Lomonosov Moscow State University(罗蒙诺索夫莫斯科国立大学);The Chinese University of Hong Kong(香港中文大学)