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Three-point functions of fermionic higher-spin currents in 4D conformal field theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-07-18 v2

Abstract

We investigate the properties of a four-dimensional conformal field theory possessing a fermionic higher-spin current Qα(2k)α˙Q_{\alpha(2k) \dot{\alpha}}. Using a computational approach, we examine the number of independent tensor structures contained in the three-point correlation functions of two fermionic higher-spin currents with the conserved vector current VmV_{m}, and with the energy-momentum tensor TmnT_{m n}. In particular, the k=1k = 1 case corresponds to a "supersymmetry-like" current, that is, a fermionic conserved current with identical properties to the supersymmetry current which appears in N=1\mathcal{N} = 1 superconformal field theories. However, we show that in general, the three-point correlation functions QQT\langle Q Q T\rangle , QˉQV\langle \bar{Q} Q V\rangle and QˉQT\langle \bar{Q} Q T\rangle are not consistent with N=1\mathcal{N}=1 supersymmetry

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@article{arxiv.2204.04899,
  title  = {Three-point functions of fermionic higher-spin currents in 4D conformal field theory},
  author = {Evgeny I. Buchbinder and Benjamin J. Stone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.04899},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

44 pages; v2: minor corrections

R2 v1 2026-06-24T10:44:06.291Z