On correlation functions of BPS operators in $3d$ $\mathcal{N}=6$ superconformal theories
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-08-24 v2 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We introduce a novel harmonic superspace for superconformal field theories that is tailor made for the study of correlation functions of BPS operators. We calculate a host of two- and three-point functions in full generality and put strong constraints on the form of four-point functions of some selected BPS multiplets. For the four-point function of -BPS operators we obtain the associated Ward identities by imposing the absence of harmonic singularities. The latter imply the existence of a solvable subsector in which the correlator becomes topological. This mechanism can be explained by cohomological reduction with respect to a special nilpotent supercharge.
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@article{arxiv.1512.06072,
title = {On correlation functions of BPS operators in $3d$ $\mathcal{N}=6$ superconformal theories},
author = {Pedro Liendo and Carlo Meneghelli and Vladimir Mitev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.06072},
year = {2016}
}
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41 pages, v2: typos corrected, references added