Flat Space Entanglement: A Coulomb Branch Perspective

Abstract

We study holographic entanglement entropy in Coulomb-branch solutions describing spherical shells of D$p$-branes. The corresponding throat geometries contain a flat-space bubble in the infrared region, providing a concrete top-down framework for exploring holographic entanglement of flat space. We find that the flat-space region is associated with a reduction of entanglement and of the effective infrared degrees of freedom in the dual boundary state relative to the standard vacuum. We also examine internal RT surfaces and holographic complexity, and show that they exhibit similar qualitative behavior. Finally, we comment on the broader implications of our results for flat space holography.