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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 3d3d N=6\mathcal{N}=6 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 12\frac{1}{2}-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