Bootstrap of the defect 1/2 BPS Wilson lines in N=4 Chern-Simons-matter theories
Abstract
We compute correlation functions of local operator insertions on the 1/2 BPS Wilson lines of N=4 Chern-Simons-matter theories in 3 dimensions. We study the algebra preserved by the defect CFT supported on the line, identify the superdisplacement multiplet and discuss some of its weak-coupling realizations. By employing a superspace description, we present the 4-point functions of the superdisplacement and show how they are determined by functions of cross-ratios. Within an analytic bootstrap approach, we derive these functions at leading and next-to-leading order at strong coupling, obtaining a result in agreement with appropriate orbifolds of the ABJM case considered in arXiv:2004.07849.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2406.13571,
title = {Bootstrap of the defect 1/2 BPS Wilson lines in N=4 Chern-Simons-matter theories},
author = {Riccardo Giordana Pozzi and Diego Trancanelli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.13571},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
36 pages; v2: 39 pages, some changes, analysis of the defect conformal manifold added in sec. 4.6, references added