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# Boundary Superconformal Carrollian Algebra

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Boundary Superconformal Carrollian Algebra (BSCCA) denotes supersymmetric extensions of Carrollian conformal symmetry on boundaries or null hypersurfaces, typically in the setting of flat-space holography, null infinity, or boundary-preserving limits of relativistic superconformal theories. In the literature, the term is used in several closely related but non-identical ways: for finite and infinite-dimensional Carrollian superconformal algebras in boundary dimension \(d=4\) and their super-BMS lifts [2202.01172]; for three-dimensional Carrollian superconformal algebras and their BMS\(_4\) extensions, including singlet and chiral-multiplet super-BMS\(_4\) structures [2503.22160]; for the infinite-dimensional superalgebra acting on Carrollian ABJM theory, whose bosonic subsector is the extended BMS\(_4\) algebra [2604.22582]; and for boundary algebras on two-dimensional Carrollian systems with boundaries, where homogeneous and inhomogeneous BSCCA variants arise from boundary-compatible reductions of super-Carroll algebras [2508.20165]. Across these settings, the common theme is that bosonic Carrollian conformal or BMS symmetries are enlarged by fermionic generators that realize supersymmetry and superconformal symmetry on null or Carrollian boundaries.

## 1. Terminology, scope, and geometric setting

The BSCCA is tied to the observation that the Carrollian superconformal algebra and its infinite BMS extensions are “precisely the symmetry algebra acting on the null boundary \(\scri^\pm\) of an asymptotically flat, supersymmetric spacetime” [2503.22160]. In that interpretation, the bosonic BMS\(_4\) generators encode super-rotations and super-translations, while the fermionic generators provide a boundary supersymmetry paralleling bulk supergravity transformations at null infinity [2503.22160].

A distinct but related formulation arises in higher-dimensional boundary Carrollian theories, where the supersymmetric versions of Bondi-Metzner-Sachs symmetry are described as conformal Carroll symmetry in boundary dimensions \(d>3\), with a finite-dimensional Carrollian superconformal algebra and an infinite-dimensional lift [2202.01172]. In that setting, the infinite algebra is described as “super BMS\(_5\)” for boundary dimension \(d=4\) [2202.01172].

The term is also used for boundary-preserving reductions in two-dimensional Carrollian systems with boundaries. There, “two variants of the Boundary Superconformal Carrollian Algebra (BSCCA), viz. the Homogeneous and the Inhomogeneous,” are obtained by appropriate identification of parent superconformal Carrollian algebras and by suitable limits of a single copy of Super Virasoro algebra [2508.20165]. This establishes that “BSCCA” is not a single universal presentation, but a family of related superalgebras adapted to different boundary dimensions and dynamical realizations.

A further specialization appears in Carrollian ABJM theory, where the infinite-dimensional Carrollian superconformal symmetry has a bosonic subsector identified with the extended BMS\(_4\) algebra encoding asymptotic symmetries of four-dimensional Minkowski space [2604.22582]. This provides a concrete realization of BSCCA in a gauge-theoretic model motivated by flat-space holography.

## 2. Finite Carrollian superconformal algebras

In boundary dimension \(d=4\), the finite Carrollian superconformal algebra discussed for \(\mathcal N=1\) contains bosonic Carrollian conformal generators
\[
H,\quad P_i,\quad J_{ij},\quad B_i,\quad D,\quad K,\quad K_i,
\]
fermionic generators
\[
Q_\alpha,\ \bar Q_{\dot\alpha},\ S_\alpha,\ \bar S_{\dot\alpha},
\]
and a \(U(1)\) R-symmetry generator \(R\) [2202.01172]. The algebra is obtained by an Inönü–Wigner contraction of \(SU(2,2|1)\) with the scalings
\[
t\to \epsilon t,\qquad H^{rel},B_i^{rel},K^{rel}\to \epsilon^{-1}(H,B_i,K),
\]
\[
Q^{rel},\bar Q^{rel},S^{rel},\bar S^{rel}\to \epsilon^{-1/2}(Q,\bar Q,S,\bar S),
\]
while \(\{P_i,J_{ij},D,K_i,R\}\) remain unscaled [2202.01172]. Its bosonic subalgebra is the finite conformal Carroll algebra, and the fermionic anticommutators take the form
\[
\{Q_\alpha,\bar Q_{\dot\beta}\}=2\,\sigma^0_{\alpha\dot\beta}\,H,\qquad
\{S_\alpha,\bar S_{\dot\beta}\}=2\,\sigma^0_{\alpha\dot\beta}\,K,
\]
\[
\{Q_\alpha,S_\beta\}=2\,(\sigma^{0i})_{\alpha\beta}\,B_i,\qquad
\{\bar Q_{\dot\alpha},\bar S_{\dot\beta}\}=-2\,(\bar\sigma^{0i})_{\dot\alpha\dot\beta}\,B_i,
\]
with \(\{Q_\alpha,\bar S_{\dot\beta}\}=\{\bar Q_{\dot\alpha},S_\beta\}=0\) [2202.01172].

In a distinct classification of four-dimensional Carrollian superconformal symmetry, the finite algebra is generated by
\[
J^{ij},\ B^i,\ P^0,\ P^i,\ K^0,\ K^i,\ D
\]
together with two fermionic doublets \(Q_a\) and \(S_a\), each transforming in the spin-\(\tfrac12\) chain of the \(\mathfrak{so}(3)\) Carroll rotation [2503.22160]. In that construction,
\[
\Delta(Q_a)=+\tfrac12,\qquad \Delta(S_a)=-\tfrac12,
\]
and no internal \(U(1)\) or \(SU(2)\) is needed for closure [2503.22160]. The same source states that one may introduce a would-be R-generator that either acts trivially as an outer automorphism or becomes central, but is not required by the Jacobi identities [2503.22160].

For three-dimensional Carrollian superconformal symmetry, the finite algebra contains \(D\), \(J^{12}\), \(B^i\), \(P^\mu\), \(K^\mu\), and a single pair of spin-\(\tfrac12\) fermions \(\{Q_s,S_s\}\), with
\[
\Delta(Q_s)=+\tfrac12,\qquad \Delta(S_s)=-\tfrac12.
\]
The non-trivial brackets include
\[
\{Q_{s_1},Q_{s_2}\}=(\sigma^\mu)_{s_1s_2}P_\mu,\qquad
\{S_{s_1},S_{s_2}\}=(\sigma^\mu)_{s_1s_2}K_\mu,
\]
\[
\{Q_{s_1},S_{s_2}\}=(\sigma^{i})_{s_1s_2}B_i,
\]
again without any R-symmetry required for closure [2503.22160].

The ABJM-based Carroll contraction gives a finite global subset descending from \(\mathfrak{osp}(6|4)\),
\[
\{L_{0,\pm1},\,\bar L_{0,\pm1},\,M_{0,0},M_{1,0},M_{0,1},M_{1,1};\;Q^{I\,a},S^{I\,a};\;R^{IJ}\},
\]
with
\[
\{Q_a^I,Q_b^J\}=2i\,\delta^{IJ}(\gamma^0)_{ab}\,H,\quad
\{Q_a^I,S_b^J\}=2i\,\delta^{IJ}(\gamma^{0i})_{ab}\,B_i,\quad
\{S_a^I,S_b^J\}=2i\,\delta^{IJ}(\gamma^0)_{ab}\,K,
\]
matching the global fermionic subalgebra embedded in the infinite-dimensional algebra acting on Carrollian ABJM theory [2604.22582].

## 3. Infinite-dimensional lifts and super-BMS structures

A central feature of BSCCA is infinite-dimensional enhancement. In boundary dimension \(d=4\), bosonic supertranslations are written as
\[
M_f=f(x)\,\partial_t,
\]
for polynomial \(f(x_i)\), and the global modes \(H\), \(B_i\), and \(K\) correspond respectively to \(f=1\), \(-x_i\), and \(x^2\) [2202.01172]. The extension to infinite supercharges is achieved by defining
\[
G_f=f(x)\,Q_\alpha,\qquad \bar G_g=g(x)\,\bar Q_{\dot\alpha},
\]
with anticommutator
\[
\{G_f,\bar G_g\}=2\,\sigma^0\,M_{fg},
\]
and corresponding actions under \(P_i\), \(D\), and \(K_i\) [2202.01172]. Together with the infinite R-modes \(\mathfrak R_f=f(x)\,R\), this yields the full infinite CSA, identified there with super-BMS\(_5\) [2202.01172].

For the three-dimensional Carrollian boundary, the bosonic BMS\(_4\) algebra is generated by
\[
\{L_m,\bar L_{\bar m},M_{r,\bar r}\},
\]
with
\[
[L_m,L_n]=(m-n)L_{m+n},\qquad
[\bar L_{\bar m},\bar L_{\bar n}]=(\bar m-\bar n)\bar L_{\bar m+\bar n},
\]
\[
[L_m,M_{r,\bar r}]=\Bigl(\tfrac m2-r\Bigr)M_{m+r,\bar r},\qquad
[\bar L_{\bar m},M_{r,\bar r}]=\Bigl(\tfrac{\bar m}2-\bar r\Bigr)M_{r,\bar m+\bar r}
\]
[2503.22160]. Two inequivalent supersymmetric infinite extensions are then distinguished.

In the singlet super-BMS\(_4\) case, one introduces fermionic generators \(\mathcal Q_r\) and \(\bar{\mathcal Q}_{\bar r}\), with only
\[
[L_m,\mathcal Q_r]=\Bigl(\tfrac m2-r\Bigr)\mathcal Q_{m+r},\qquad
[\bar L_{\bar m},\bar{\mathcal Q}_{\bar r}]=\Bigl(\tfrac{\bar m}2-\bar r\Bigr)\bar{\mathcal Q}_{\bar m+\bar r},
\]
\[
\{\mathcal Q_r,\bar{\mathcal Q}_{\bar s}\}=M_{r,\bar s},
\]
and all other anticommutators vanishing [2503.22160].

In the chiral-multiplet super-BMS\(_4\) case, one instead takes a multiplet \((\mathcal Q^1_r,\mathcal Q^2_{n,\bar r})\) with weights \(\bigl(\tfrac12,0\bigr)\) and \((1,\tfrac12)\), obeying
\[
[L_m,\mathcal Q^1_r]=\Bigl(\tfrac m2-r\Bigr)\mathcal Q^1_{m+r},\qquad
[M_{r,\bar r},\mathcal Q^1_s]=\mathcal Q^2_{r+s,\bar r},
\]
\[
\{\mathcal Q^1_r,\mathcal Q^1_s\}=L_{r+s},\qquad
\{\mathcal Q^1_r,\mathcal Q^2_{n,\bar s}\}=\Bigl(\tfrac n2-r\Bigr)M_{n+r,\bar s},
\]
with \(\{\mathcal Q^2,\mathcal Q^2\}=0\) [2503.22160]. That source emphasizes that neither chiral super-BMS\(_4\) can be inherited from a finite Carrollian superconformal algebra, because the finite subalgebra already requires fermions of conformal weight \(\Delta=\pm \tfrac32\) [2503.22160].

The Carrollian ABJM realization provides another infinite-dimensional super-BMS algebra. Its bosonic generators are the superrotations \(L_n,\bar L_n\), supertranslations \(M_{r,s}\), and \(\mathfrak{so}(6)\) R-symmetry generators \(R^{IJ}\); its fermionic generators are \(G^{I\,a}_{r,s}\) and \(\tilde G^{I\,a}_{r,s}\) [2604.22582]. The bosonic subalgebra is
\[
[L_n,L_m]=(n-m)L_{n+m},\qquad
[\bar L_n,\bar L_m]=(n-m)\bar L_{n+m},\qquad
[M_{r,s},M_{p,q}]=0,
\]
\[
[L_n,M_{r,s}]=\Bigl(\tfrac{n+1}{2}-r\Bigr)M_{n+r,s},\qquad
[\bar L_n,M_{r,s}]=\Bigl(\tfrac{n+1}{2}-s\Bigr)M_{r,s+n},
\]
and the fermions satisfy
\[
\{G^{I\,a}_{r,s},G^{J\,b}_{r',s'}\}=2i\,\delta^{IJ}(\gamma^0)^{ab}M_{r+r',s+s'},
\]
\[
\{\tilde G^{I\,a}_{r,s},\tilde G^{J\,b}_{r',s'}\}=2i\,\delta^{IJ}(\gamma^0)^{ab}M_{r+r'+1,s+s'+1},
\]
together with mixed \(G\)-\(\tilde G\) anticommutators involving \(\gamma_z\gamma^0\) and \(\gamma_{\bar z}\gamma^0\) [2604.22582]. Setting all fermionic generators to zero reduces the algebra to the extended BMS\(_4\) bosonic sector [2604.22582].

## 4. Boundary variants: homogeneous and inhomogeneous BSCCA

In two-dimensional boundary Carrollian systems with boundaries, the literature distinguishes a Homogeneous BSCCA and an Inhomogeneous BSCCA [2508.20165]. Both are obtained by introducing boundary-preserving combinations of generators from parent super-Carroll algebras and discarding incompatible modes.

The Homogeneous BSCCA has bosonic generators \(O_n\) and \(P_n\), and fermionic generators \(H_r\). Its non-vanishing brackets are
\[
[O_n,O_m]=(n-m)\,O_{n+m}-(n+m)\,O_{n-m},
\]
\[
[O_n,P_m]=(n-m)\,P_{n+m}+(n+m)\,P_{n-m}
+\frac{c_M}{12}(n^3-n)\bigl(\delta_{n+m,0}+\delta_{n-m,0}\bigr),
\]
\[
[O_n,H_s]=\Bigl(\tfrac n2-s\Bigr)H_{n+s}+\Bigl(\tfrac n2+s\Bigr)H_{s-n},
\]
\[
\{H_r,H_s\}=P_{r+s}+\frac{c_M}{3}\Bigl(r^2-\tfrac14\Bigr)\delta_{r+s,0},
\]
with \([P_n,P_m]=[P_n,H_s]=0\) [2508.20165].

The Inhomogeneous BSCCA has bosonic generators \(O_n\) and \(P_n\), and fermionic generators \(K_r\) and \(Y_r\). The bosonic brackets have the same structure as above, but all fermionic anticommutators vanish:
\[
\{K_r,K_s\}=0,\qquad \{Y_r,Y_s\}=0,\qquad \{K_r,Y_s\}=0,
\]
and \([P_n,K_r]=[P_n,Y_r]=0\) [2508.20165]. The source explicitly notes that its supersymmetry is “weaker” once boundaries are imposed [2508.20165].

The distinction between these two algebras is structurally significant. In the homogeneous case, the fermionic sector closes onto supertranslations through \(\{H_r,H_s\}\propto P_{r+s}\), whereas in the inhomogeneous case the fermions do not generate bosonic translations through anticommutation [2508.20165]. This suggests two different notions of boundary supersymmetry in Carrollian systems: one with a standard supersymmetry closure pattern and one with a boundary-reduced fermionic sector.

## 5. Contractions, isomorphisms, and R-symmetry

Several constructions derive BSCCA by ultra-relativistic contraction. For the finite \(d=4\) \(\mathcal N=1\) algebra, the contraction starts from \(SU(2,2|1)\) and rescales \(t\), \(H\), \(B_i\), \(K\), and the supercharges by powers of \(\epsilon\) [2202.01172]. For the ABJM realization, one begins with \(\mathfrak{osp}(6|4)\) and introduces
\[
x^0=c\,t,\quad P_0\to H/c,\quad M_{0i}\to B_i/c,\quad K_0\to K/c,\quad
\mathcal Q\to \sqrt c\,Q,\quad \mathcal S\to \sqrt c\,S,
\]
then sends \(c\to0\) [2604.22582]. In the AdS\(_4\)/CFT\(_3\)-motivated discussion, the same Carrollian limit is phrased as \(c_{boundary}=1/\ell_{bulk}\) with \(\ell\to\infty\), or equivalently as rescalings of \(H\), \(B_i\), \(K\), \(Q\), and \(S\) with \(c\to0\) [2504.10291].

A notable structural claim is that in the conformal case the nontrivial Carrollian superconformal algebras for \(d=4\) and \(d=3\) are isomorphic to super-Poincaré algebras in one higher dimension. Specifically,
\[
\bigl(\textrm{4D Carrollian superconformal}\bigr)\cong \mathfrak{iso}(1,4|1),\qquad
\bigl(\textrm{3D Carrollian superconformal}\bigr)\cong \mathfrak{iso}(1,3|1),
\]
with explicit linear rearrangements of the bosonic generators and recombinations of the fermions [2503.22160]. In related language, the finite “global” BSCCA relevant to AdS\(_4\)/CFT\(_3\) is described as the 3D “boundary” version of the 4D super-Poincaré algebra [2504.10291].

R-symmetry behaves differently across constructions. In the \(\mathcal N=1\), \(d=4\) finite CSA, a \(U(1)\) generator \(R\) acts nontrivially on \(Q\), \(\bar Q\), \(S\), and \(\bar S\) [2202.01172]. In the ABJM realization, the \(\mathfrak{so}(6)\) generators \(R^{IJ}\) descend unscaled from the relativistic algebra and commute with all bosonic BMS generators, acting only on the index \(I\) of the supercharges [2604.22582]. By contrast, the classification in [2503.22160] emphasizes that no non-trivial internal R-symmetry is forced by Carrollian Jacobi identities, and any \(U(1)_R\) or \(SU(2)\) can at most be outer or central depending on scaling. A plausible implication is that R-symmetry in BSCCA is model-dependent rather than universal.

## 6. Representations, superspace, and field-theoretic realization

For the \(d=4\), \(\mathcal N=1\) CSA, a superspace realization exists on coordinates
\[
(t,x^i;\theta^\alpha,\bar\theta^{\dot\alpha}),
\]
with
\[
Q_\alpha=\frac{\partial}{\partial\theta^\alpha}
+i\,\sigma^0_{\alpha\dot\alpha}\bar\theta^{\dot\alpha}\partial_t,\qquad
\bar Q_{\dot\alpha}=-\frac{\partial}{\partial\bar\theta^{\dot\alpha}}
-i\,\theta^\alpha\sigma^0_{\alpha\dot\alpha}\partial_t,
\]
and corresponding expressions for \(S_\alpha\), \(\bar S_{\dot\alpha}\), and the covariant derivatives \(D_\alpha\), \(\bar D_{\dot\alpha}\) [2202.01172]. The bosonic generators act as vector fields, for example
\[
H=\partial_t,\qquad P_i=\partial_i,\qquad
D=-(t\partial_t+x^i\partial_i+\tfrac12\theta\partial_\theta+\tfrac12\bar\theta\partial_{\bar\theta}),
\]
and the graded commutators reproduce the finite CSA relations [2202.01172].

The same work formulates a notion of primary superfield \(\Phi(t,x,\theta,\bar\theta)\), characterized at the origin by annihilation under \(K_i\), \(S_\alpha\), \(\bar S_{\dot\alpha}\), and certain lowering fermionic modes, together with eigenvalues under \(D\), \(J^2\), and \(R\) [2202.01172]. Descendants are generated by raising modes such as \(P_i\), \(H\), \(G^+_r\), \(\widetilde G^+_r\), \(G_f\), and \(\bar G_g\) [2202.01172]. An explicit example is the Carrollian Wess-Zumino multiplet, with left-chiral fields \((\phi,\psi_\alpha,F)\) and specified transformations under infinite \(Q\)-modes and \(R\)-modes [2202.01172].

In the AdS\(_4\)/CFT\(_3\)-motivated finite BSCCA, a superconformal Carrollian primary \(\phi_{\Delta,R}(0)\) is defined by
\[
[J_{ij},\phi]=0,\quad [B_i,\phi]=0,\quad [K,\phi]=0,\quad [K_i,\phi]=0,
\]
\[
[S^{I\alpha},\phi]=0,\quad [\bar S_{I\alpha},\phi]=0,
\]
and transforms under \(D\) and \(R_{IJ}\) as
\[
[D,\phi]=-i\Delta\,\phi,\qquad [R_{IJ},\phi]=(\mathcal R_{IJ})\phi.
\]
Descendants are obtained by acting with \(P_i\), \(H\), \(Q\), and further generators [2504.10291]. Short multiplets occur when some \(Q\) or \(S\) also annihilate the primary, while long multiplets have no extra shortening beyond unitarity or quasi-unitarity constraints [2504.10291].

Carrollian ABJM provides a more dynamical realization. A key subtlety is that the degenerate Carrollian metric \(\mathrm{diag}(0,1,1)\) admits four inequivalent classes of Clifford-algebra representations:
lower-homogeneous \((\downarrow,H)\), lower-inhomogeneous \((\downarrow,I)\), upper-homogeneous \((\uparrow,H)\), and upper-inhomogeneous \((\uparrow,I)\) [2604.22582]. Only the inhomogeneous lower representation \(\mathcal R_I^\downarrow\) arises at leading order in the \(c\to0\) expansion of a relativistic Dirac fermion in three dimensions [2604.22582]. Because in odd \(d=3\) the minimal realization requires \(4\times4\) matrices rather than the usual \(2\times2\) matrices, the spinor dimension is doubled:
\[
\tilde\Gamma_0=\begin{pmatrix}0&0\\ \gamma_0&0\end{pmatrix},\qquad
\tilde\Gamma_i=\begin{pmatrix}\gamma_i&0\\0&\gamma_i\end{pmatrix}.
\]
These matrices obey the Carroll-Clifford algebra and generate Carroll boosts whose spin part commutes with \(\tilde\Gamma_0\), guaranteeing invariance of the action
\[
S=\int d^3x\;\bar\Psi\,\tilde\Gamma_0\,\partial_t\Psi
\]
under Carroll boosts [2604.22582]. The same choice yields the correct leading term of the ABJM fermion kinetic term once one rescales
\[
\psi_A\to \psi_A,\qquad X_A\to c^{1/2}X_A,\qquad A_t\to c^{-1}A_t
\]
and sends \(c\to0\) [2604.22582].

## 7. Holography, string realization, and characteristic subtleties

BSCCA is closely connected to flat-space holography. In the ABJM context, taking the flat-space limit of the bulk corresponds to taking the speed of light \(c\) to zero on the boundary, producing a Carrollian superconformal theory [2604.22582]. The resulting infinite-dimensional symmetry is proposed as a concrete starting point for constructing a Carrollian gauge theory dual to M-theory in flat space [2604.22582].

The finite global BSCCA also controls correlators in the Carrollian limit of AdS\(_4\)/CFT\(_3\). For primaries \(\Phi_k\) on null infinity with coordinates \((u,z,\bar z)\), the two-point function is fixed to be
\[
\langle \Phi_{k_1}(u_1,z_1,\bar z_1)\Phi_{k_2}(u_2,z_2,\bar z_2)\rangle
=\delta_{k_1,k_2}\,t_{12}^{\,k_1}\,
\frac{\delta^2(z_{12})}{(u_{12}-i0)^{k_1-2}},
\]
while the three-point function of \(\tfrac12\)-BPS scalars has a unique kinematic form involving \(t_{ij}\), \(\delta(\bar z_{ij})\), and a denominator built from \(u_1z_{23}+u_2z_{31}+u_3z_{12}\) [2504.10291]. The same source states that BSCCA is isomorphic to the 4D \(\mathcal N\)-extended super-Poincaré algebra and controls the mapping between flat-space supergravity amplitudes and Carrollian correlators from ABJM in the large-\(N\), \(\ell\to\infty\) limit [2504.10291].

A separate physical realization appears on the worldsheet of the open null superstring. With the ILST-type action
\[
S=\frac1{2\pi c'}\int d^2\sigma\,d^2\theta\;\bigl(V^aD_aX+\chi D\psi\bigr)^2+\cdots,
\]
followed by the gauge choice
\[
V^a=(1,0),\qquad \chi=0,
\]
the residual symmetry becomes two-dimensional Carrollian superconformal symmetry [2508.20165]. Introducing Dirichlet boundaries at \(\sigma=0,\pi\) in superspace, one obtains mode expansions and constraint generators that close onto the Homogeneous BSCCA, including the central \(c_M\) [2508.20165]. The same algebra emerges from an ultra-relativistic limit of the tensile open superstring, with
\[
\mathcal O_n=\mathbb L_n-\mathbb L_{-n},\qquad
\mathcal P_n=\epsilon(\mathbb L_n+\mathbb L_{-n}),\qquad
\mathcal H_r=\sqrt\epsilon\,\mathbb Q_r
\]
in the \(\epsilon\to0\) limit [2508.20165].

Several recurring subtleties distinguish BSCCA from relativistic superconformal algebras. One is infinite-dimensional enhancement: a finite-dimensional relativistic superconformal algebra can contract to an infinite-dimensional super-BMS algebra [2604.22582]. Another is the degenerate Clifford algebra of Carrollian geometry, which in three-dimensional ABJM forces \(4\times4\) Carroll gamma matrices and leads to a “half-loss” of spinor degrees of freedom at leading order [2604.22582]. A further subtlety is on-shell closure: in the Carrollian ABJM model, commutators of two supersymmetry or superconformal transformations on gauge fields vanish only after imposing the Carrollian equations of motion such as \(F_{ti}=0\) [2604.22582]. These features make BSCCA simultaneously an algebraic structure, a contraction limit, and a constraint on viable Carrollian field theories and string models.

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