Defect two-point functions in 6d (2,0) theories

We consider correlation functions in 6d \((2,0)\) theories of two \(\frac{1}{2}\)-BPS operators inserted away from a \(\frac{1}{2}\)-BPS surface defect. In the large central charge limit the leading connected contribution corresponds to sums of tree-level Witten diagram in AdS\(_7\times\)S\(^4\) in...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Chen, Junding, Gimenez-Grau, Aleix, Zhou, Xinan
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LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 30.10.2023
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Correlation
Surface defects
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Summary:We consider correlation functions in 6d \((2,0)\) theories of two \(\frac{1}{2}\)-BPS operators inserted away from a \(\frac{1}{2}\)-BPS surface defect. In the large central charge limit the leading connected contribution corresponds to sums of tree-level Witten diagram in AdS\(_7\times\)S\(^4\) in the presence of an AdS\(_3\) defect. We show that these correlators can be uniquely determined by imposing only superconformal symmetry and consistency conditions, eschewing the details of the complicated effective Lagrangian. We explicitly compute all such two-point functions. The result exhibits remarkable hidden simplicity.
ISSN:2331-8422