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Three-point functions of conserved supercurrents in 3D $\mathcal{N}=1$ SCFT: general formalism for arbitrary superspins

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-05-04 v2

Abstract

We analyse the general structure of the three-point functions of conserved higher-spin supercurrents in 3D, N=1\mathcal{N}=1 superconformal field theory. It is shown that supersymmetry imposes additional restrictions on correlation functions of conserved higher-spin currents. We develop a manifestly supersymmetric formalism to compute the three-point function Js1Js2Js3\langle \mathbf{J}^{}_{s_{1}} \mathbf{J}'_{s_{2}} \mathbf{J}''_{s_{3}} \rangle, where Js1\mathbf{J}^{}_{s_{1}}, Js2\mathbf{J}'_{s_{2}} and Js3\mathbf{J}''_{s_{3}} are conserved higher-spin supercurrents with superspins s1s_{1}, s2s_{2} and s3s_{3} respectively (integer or half-integer). Using a computational approach limited only by computer power, we analytically impose the constraints arising from the superfield conservation equations and symmetries under permutations of superspace points. Explicit solutions for three-point functions are presented and we provide a complete classification of the results for si20s_{i} \leq 20 ; the pattern is very clear, and we propose that our classification holds for arbitrary superspins. We demonstrate that Grassmann-even three-point functions are fixed up to one parity-even structure and one parity-odd structure, while Grassmann-odd three-point functions are fixed up to a single parity-even structure. The existence of the parity-odd structure in the Grassmann-even correlation functions is subject to a set of triangle inequalities in the superspins. For completeness, we also analyse the structure of three-point functions involving conserved higher-spin supercurrents and scalar superfields.

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@article{arxiv.2302.00593,
  title  = {Three-point functions of conserved supercurrents in 3D $\mathcal{N}=1$ SCFT: general formalism for arbitrary superspins},
  author = {Evgeny I. Buchbinder and Benjamin J. Stone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.00593},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

54 pages; v2: minor corrections, references added. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2210.13135