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Three-point functions of higher-spin supercurrents in 4D ${\cal N}=1$ superconformal field theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-12-21 v2

Abstract

We develop a general formalism to study the three-point correlation functions of conserved higher-spin supercurrent multiplets Jα(r)α˙(r)J_{\alpha(r) \dot{\alpha}(r)} in 4D N=1{\cal N}=1 superconformal theory. All the constraints imposed by N=1{\cal N}=1 superconformal symmetry on the three-point function Jα(r1)α˙(r1)Jβ(r2)β˙(r2)Jγ(r3)γ˙(r3)\langle J_{\alpha(r_1) \dot{\alpha}(r_1)} J_{\beta(r_2) \dot{\beta}(r_2) }J_{\gamma(r_3) \dot{\gamma}(r_3)}\rangle are systematically derived for arbitrary r1,r2,r3r_1, r_2, r_3, thus reducing the problem mostly to computational and combinatorial. As an illustrative example, we explicitly work out the allowed tensor structures contained in Jα(r)α˙(r)Jββ˙Jγγ˙\langle J_{\alpha(r) \dot{\alpha}(r)} J_{\beta \dot{\beta} } J_{\gamma \dot{\gamma}}\rangle, where Jαα˙J_{\alpha \dot{\alpha}} is the supercurrent. We find that this three-point function depends on two independent tensor structures, though the precise form of the correlator depends on whether rr is even or odd. The case r=1r=1 reproduces the three-point function of the ordinary supercurrent derived by Osborn. Additionally, we present the most general structure of mixed correlators of the form LLJα(r)α˙(r)\langle L L J_{\alpha(r) \dot{\alpha}(r)}\rangle and Jα(r1)α˙(r1)Jβ(r2)β˙(r2)L\langle J_{\alpha(r_1) \dot{\alpha}(r_1)} J_{\beta(r_2) \dot{\beta}(r_2)} L \rangle, where LL is the flavour current multiplet.

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@article{arxiv.2208.07057,
  title  = {Three-point functions of higher-spin supercurrents in 4D ${\cal N}=1$ superconformal field theory},
  author = {Evgeny I. Buchbinder and Jessica Hutomo and Gabriele Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.07057},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

51 pages; v2: references added