The inversion formula and 6j symbol for 3d fermions


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ALBAYRAK S., Meltzer D., Poland D.

Journal of High Energy Physics, vol.2020, no.9, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 2020 Issue: 9
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/jhep09(2020)148
  • Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, INSPEC, zbMATH, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Keywords: Conformal and W Symmetry, Conformal Field Theory, Nonperturbative Effects
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this work we study the 6j symbol of the 3d conformal group for fermionic operators. In particular, we study 4-point functions containing two fermions and two scalars and also those with four fermions. By using weight-shifting operators and harmonic analysis for the Euclidean conformal group, we relate these spinning 6j symbols to the simpler 6j symbol for four scalar operators. As one application we use these techniques to compute 3d mean field theory (MFT) OPE coefficients for fermionic operators. We then compute corrections to the MFT spectrum and couplings due to the inversion of a single operator, such as the stress tensor or a low-dimension scalar. These results are valid at finite spin and extend the perturbative large spin analysis to include non-perturbative effects in spin.