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A Compact Formula for Conserved Three-Point Tensor Structures in 4D CFT

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-01-09 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We derive a compact analytic formula for a complete basis of conformally invariant tensor structures for three-point functions of conserved operators in arbitrary 4D Lorentz representations. The construction follows directly from a novel constraint equivalent to applying conservation conditions at each point: the leading terms in all OPE limits appear as symmetric traceless tensors. We derive this by lifting to a unified SU(m,m2n)\mathrm{SU}(m,m|2n) analytic superspace framework, where the conservation conditions are automatically solved and then reducing back to 4D CFT. The same method is also used for cases involving one non-conserved operator. This formalism further reveals a map of the counting of CFT tensor structures to that of finite-dimensional SU(2n)\mathrm{SU}(2n) representations, solved by Littlewood-Richardson coefficients. All results can be directly re-interpreted as three-point N=2\mathcal{N}=2 and N=4\mathcal{N}=4 superconformal tensor structures via the unified analytic superspace.

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@article{arxiv.2512.14618,
  title  = {A Compact Formula for Conserved Three-Point Tensor Structures in 4D CFT},
  author = {Paul Heslop and Hector Puerta Ramisa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.14618},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

37 pages, v2: Mathematica notebook attached, v3: fixed typos and added clarifications in sec 3.4

R2 v1 2026-07-01T08:27:43.674Z