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Two-dimensional sl(n) quantum Toda field theory on a sphere is considered. This theory provides an important example of conformal field theory with higher spin symmetry. We derive the three-point correlation functions of the exponential…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-06-19 V. A. Fateev , A. V. Litvinov

We study the general structure of correlation functions in an Sp(2n)-invariant formulation of systems of an infinite number of higher-spin fields. For n=4,8 and 16 these systems comprise the conformal higher-spin fields in space-time…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-08-16 E. D. Skvortsov , Dmitri Sorokin , Mirian Tsulaia

In this paper we study the three-point correlation functions of two scalar operators with large conformal dimensions and the R-current or stress-energy tensor at strong coupling with the help of the AdS_4/CFT_3 correspondence. The scalar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-07-23 D. Arnaudov

We give an explicit expression for the M-point correlator of the superconformal current in two dimensional N=1 superconformal field theories.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-03-11 Steven H. Simon

We analyse the general structure of the three-point functions involving conserved higher-spin ``vector-like" supercurrents $J_{s}(z) := J_{\alpha(s) \dot{\alpha}(s)}(z)$ in four-dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1$ superconformal field theory. Using…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-22 Evgeny I. Buchbinder , Jessica Hutomo , Benjamin J. Stone

We study properties of point-like impurities preserving flavor symmetry and supersymmetry in four-dimensional ${\cal N} = 2$ field theories. At large distances, such impurities are described by half-BPS superconformal line defects. By…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-20 Ross Dempsey , Bendeguz Offertaler , Silviu S. Pufu , Yifan Wang

Starting from the standard supertwistor realizations for conformally compactified N-extended Minkowski superspaces in three and four space-time dimensions, we elaborate on alternative realizations in terms of graded two-forms on the dual…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 Sergei M. Kuzenko

We develop a manifest supertwistor space formalism for three dimensional $\mathcal{N}=1, 2,3,4$ superconformal field theories. This formalism simultaneously makes manifest the supersymmetry, conformal invariance and conservation. We solve…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-27 Aswini Bala , Sachin Jain , Dhruva K. S. , Deep Mazumdar , Vibhor Singh , Brijesh Thakkar

The symmetry algebra of $N=1$ Super-Liouville field theory in two dimensions is the infinite dimensional $N=1$ superconformal algebra, which allows one to prove, that correlation functions, containing degenerated fields obey some partial…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 R. Poghossian

Long ago, Achucarro and Townsend discovered that in three dimensions (3D) N-extended anti-de Sitter (AdS) supergravity exists in several incarnations, which were called the (p,q) AdS supergravity theories with non-negative integers p>=q…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2012-10-01 Sergei M. Kuzenko , Gabriele Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli

We study correlation functions of a conserved spin-1 current $J_\mu$ in three dimensional Conformal Field Theories (CFTs). We investigate the constraints imposed by permutation symmetry and current conservation on the form of three point…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-04-13 Anatoly Dymarsky , Joao Penedones , Emilio Trevisani , Alessandro Vichi

We analyse the general structure of the three-point functions involving conserved bosonic and fermionic higher-spin currents in three-dimensional conformal field theory. Using the constraints of conformal symmetry and conservation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-14 Evgeny I. Buchbinder , Benjamin J. Stone

We study the constraints imposed by the existence of a single higher spin conserved current on a three dimensional conformal field theory. A single higher spin conserved current implies the existence of an infinite number of higher spin…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-12-06 Juan Maldacena , Alexander Zhiboedov

We construct supersymmetric field theories on Riemannian three-manifolds M, focusing on N=2 theories with a U(1)_R symmetry. Our approach is based on the rigid limit of new minimal supergravity in three dimensions, which couples to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-10-24 Cyril Closset , Thomas T. Dumitrescu , Guido Festuccia , Zohar Komargodski

Conformal techniques are applied to the calculation of integrals on AdS(d+1) space which define correlators of composite operators in the superconformal field theory on the d-dimensional boundary. The 3-point amplitudes for scalar fields of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-08 Daniel Z. Freedman , Samir D. Mathur , Alec Matusis , Leonardo Rastelli

Recently, it has been proposed by Maldacena that large $N$ limits of certain conformal field theories in $d$ dimensions can be described in terms of supergravity (and string theory) on the product of $d+1$-dimensional $AdS$ space with a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-07 Edward Witten

How many charged degrees of freedom are necessary to accommodate a certain amount of 't Hooft anomaly? Using the conformal bootstrap for the four-point function of flavor current multiplets, we show that in all (3+1)d superconformal field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-07-01 Ying-Hsuan Lin , David Meltzer , Shu-Heng Shao , Andreas Stergiou

In this paper we study the four-point correlation function of the energy-momentum supermultiplet in theories with N=4 superconformal symmetry in four dimensions. We present a compact form of all component correlators as an invariant of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-09-10 A. V. Belitsky , S. Hohenegger , G. P. Korchemsky , E. Sokatchev

Non-conformal supercurrents in six dimensions are described, which contain the trace of the energy-momentum tensor and the gamma-trace of the supersymmetry current amongst their component fields. Within the superconformal approach to ${\cal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-04 Sergei M. Kuzenko , Joseph Novak , Stefan Theisen

The multiplets that occur in four dimensional rigidly supersymmetric theories can be described either by chiral superfields in Minkowski superspace or analytic superfields in harmonic superspace. The superconformal Ward identities for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Paul Howe , P. West