Conformal blocks in 2D Carrollian-Galilean CFTs and excited state entanglement entropy
Abstract
We advance the study of flat space holography by computing the entanglement entropy of highly excited states in two-dimensional Carrollian/Galilean Conformal Field Theories ( C / G CFTs). Our approach is centered on a novel, physically intuitive derivation of the heavy-light conformal block in the large central charge limit, where the backreaction of heavy operators is absorbed by a C / G conformal coordinate transformation. Using this result and the replica trick, we find that the entanglement entropy of highly excited states assumes a thermal form, providing a concrete realization of the eigenstate thermalization hypothesis. This field-theoretic result perfectly reproduces the holographic entanglement entropy computed via the swing surface proposal in three-dimensional Einstein gravity, for backgrounds corresponding to spinning particles and flat space cosmological solutions. This agreement establishes a precise dictionary relating the weight Δ and charge ξ of the boundary state to the mass m and angular momentum j of the dual spacetime, offering a powerful consistency check for the Flat/Carrollian conformal field theory correspondence.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Quantum many-body systems
Quantum Mechanics and Non-Hermitian Physics
Organic and Molecular Conductors Research
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
- Publisher
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Volume
- 113
- Issue
- 10
- Publication date
- 17 April 2026
- Language
- EN