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Three-point functions of higher-spin supercurrents in 4D $\mathcal{N}=1$ SCFT: general formalism for arbitrary superspins

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-10-22 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We analyse the general structure of the three-point functions involving conserved higher-spin ``vector-like" supercurrents Js(z):=Jα(s)α˙(s)(z)J_{s}(z) := J_{\alpha(s) \dot{\alpha}(s)}(z) in four-dimensional N=1\mathcal{N}=1 superconformal field theory. Using the constraints of superconformal symmetry and superfield conservation equations, we utilise a computational approach to analyse the general structure of the three-point function Js1(z1)Js2(z2)Js3(z3)\langle J^{}_{s_{1}}(z_{1}) \, J'_{s_{2}}(z_{2}) \, J''_{s_{3}}(z_{3}) \rangle and provide a general classification of the results. We demonstrate that the three-point function is fixed up to 2min(si)+22 \min (s_{i}) + 2 independent conserved structures, which we propose to hold for arbitrary superspins. In addition, we show that the conserved structures can be classified as parity-even or parity-odd in superspace based on their transformation properties under superinversion.

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@article{arxiv.2407.17106,
  title  = {Three-point functions of higher-spin supercurrents in 4D $\mathcal{N}=1$ SCFT: general formalism for arbitrary superspins},
  author = {Evgeny I. Buchbinder and Jessica Hutomo and Benjamin J. Stone},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.17106},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

65 pages; v2: moved some content to Appendix A, accepted for publication in Physical Review D