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We exploit the close relationship between the Carroll and fracton/dipole algebras, together with the method of coadjoint orbits, to define and classify classical Carroll and fracton particles. This approach establishes a Carroll/fracton correspondence and provides an answer to the question “What is a fracton?”.
Under this correspondence, carrollian energy and center-of-mass correspond to the fracton electric charge and dipole moment, respectively. Then immobile massive Carroll particles correspond to the fracton monopoles, whereas certain mobile Carroll particles (“centrons”) correspond to fracton elementary dipoles. We uncover various new massless carrollian/neutral fractonic particles, provide an action in each case and relate them via a GL(2, ℝ) symmetry.
We also comment on the limit from Poincaré particles, the relation to (electric and magnetic) Carroll field theories, contrast Carroll boosts with dipole transformations and highlight a generalisation to curved space ((A)dS Carroll).
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We thank Glenn Barnich, Andrea Campoleoni, Jelle Hartong, Emil Have, Simon Pekar and Ali Seraj for useful discussions. The research of AP is partially supported by Fondecyt grants No 1211226, 1220910 and 1230853. SP is supported by the Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant (RPG-2019-218) “What is Non-Relativistic Quantum Gravity and is it Holographic?”.
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Figueroa-O’Farrill, J., Pérez, A. & Prohazka, S. Carroll/fracton particles and their correspondence. J. High Energ. Phys. 2023, 207 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2023)207
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